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Hunga-Tonga volcano

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Photo: Kilauea volcano, by James St. John, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Earth’s Phosphorus Supply Chains Revealed

Without phosphorus, life as we know it could not exist. How does this limiting resource get to the oceans and land?  Read More ›
Hunga-Tonga
Photo: Plume from the Hunga-Tonga volcano, via NASA / Kayla Barron, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Information Spreads in the Atmospheric Highway

Genetic information gets around. In the troposphere — much higher above land than expected — bacteria and fungi hitch a ride to faraway places. Read More ›
Hunga-Tonga blast
Photo: Hunga-Tonga blast from space, by NASA

Is There Enough Phosphorus for Us?

The element phosphorus, on which life heavily depends for its codes and metabolic processes, is a limiting factor for complex beings on habitable planets. Read More ›

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