Explores the diversity and structure of sponge spicules and skeletons, including the biomineralization process and the potential environmental archive they provide.
Explores microbial growth dynamics and iron reduction processes in environmental contexts, emphasizing their ecological significance and practical laboratory applications.
Explores metabolic diversity, oxidative phosphorylation, and Fe/Mn cycles in biological systems, emphasizing electron transfer mechanisms and environmental implications.
Explores the carbon cycle, its distribution in different reservoirs, and the microbiological transformations of carbon, emphasizing its interplay with other global cycles.
Covers the Earth's climate system components, interactions, and energy balance, including the impact of anthropogenic forcings and the role of the biosphere.