The sixth section attempts to bring all of the information together outlined in the previous sections and provide a synthesis of the ELIP. The final section discusses future research directions and opinions of ELIP-related topics. 2. Geological background China is composed of three major Precambrian...
42. Unfortunately, considering phosphorus, a major element required by plants and an important component of soil fertility, and stands for about 1% of the total mass in the lunar regolith, current studies either lack experimental evidence that microbial activity directly ...
Biosphere - Nitrogen Cycle, Microorganisms, Atmosphere: Nitrogen is one of the elements most likely to be limiting to plant growth. Like carbon, nitrogen has its own biogeochemical cycle, circulating through the atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere (
during which the environment, biodiversity, and plate tectonics changed considerably1,2,3. The Late Ordovician mass extinction (LOME) was the first of the five considerable Phanerozoic extinction events, along with the Hirnantian glaciation event, major sea ...
The Earth is divided into four interconnected spheres, one that is biotic and three of which are abiotic. Biotic sphere The biotic sphere, known as the biosphere, encompasses all living organisms. This includes a vast diversity of life forms, from microscopic bacteria to towering trees, as well...
Such a harmonious structure is the outcome of a very long period of trial and error—the 5 billion years of biological evolution. The biological sector of the ecosphere—the biosphere —is composed of living things that have survived this test because of their finely tuned adaptation to the ...
Hadal trenches are characterized by enhanced and infrequent high-rate episodic sedimentation events that likely introduce not only labile organic carbon and key nutrients but also new microbes that significantly alter the subseafloor microbiosphere. Currently, the role of high-rate episodic sedimentation in...
In this chapter, we review the contribution of space missions to the determination of the elemental and isotopic composition of Earth, Moon and the terrest
The Colombian island of San Andrés is a popular tourist destination located about 195 km offshore of the east coast of Nicaragua in the southwestern Caribbean Sea. Together with Providencia and Santa Catalina, San Andrés is part of the UNESCO Seaflower Biosphere Reserve. With a 26 km2 surface...
Due to the major side effects related to treatment with NSAIDs, there is a growing interest in natural herbal remedies. In this context, several researchers have shown a growing interest in research and development on the evaluation of herbal medicines as a better treatment of anti-inflammatory ...