Metagenomics and single-cell genomics are now the gold standard for exploring microbial diversity. A new study focusing on enigmatic ultra-small archaea greatly expands known genetic diversity within Archaea, and reports the first complete archaeal genomes reconstructed from metagenomic data only.

Along the Tanana River floodplain, several turning points have been suggested to characterize the changes in ecosystem structure and function that accompany plant community changes through primary succession. In the past, much of this research focused on a presumed chronosequence that uses space for time substitutions. Within this chronosequence, permanent vegetation plots repeatedly measured o...

In 2015, the communities of reef-associated motile macrocrustaceans (decapods and stomatopods) were compared between two coral reefs with contrasting levels degradation in Puerto Morelos (Mexican Caribbean), “Limones”, less degraded, a healthy live cover, “Bonanza”, more macroalgae. Since then, several stressors have impacted Morelos. Massive influxes floating Sargassum, which reached record 20...

Government behavior can be affected by natural resource benefits. Benevolent government and political leaders may use them to improve the welfare of people, whereas others for their own interests. To examine effects oil bonanza on comprehensively, this study investigates how giant oilfield discoveries affect size composition expenditure using data from 168 countries between 1972 2008. We find w...