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Soils are estimated to contribute up to 25% of the potential of natural climate solutions for climate change mitigation, particularly in agricultural croplands ().Aside from the mitigation of climate change, increases in SOC in agricultural ecosystems also enhance soil quality and food security ().The sequestration of SOC in agricultural soil is a hot topic in major policy initiatives and ...

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Cellular organization is a key characteristic of life as we know it. Living organisms are made of cells, i.e., tiny, self-contained, self-regulated units surrounded by a membrane that allows the transfer of mass and energy with their neighbors and the surrounding environment (1–3).Although liquid–liquid demixing could lead to membraneless coacervates and proteinoids (), it is difficult …

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Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of proteins and nucleic acids (1–4) is a versatile intracellular process, which leads to the formation of biomolecular condensates (BMCs).The occurrence of LLPS was shown to be a widely spread phenomenon in biology ().The detailed LLPS process and the thus-forming BMCs were first revealed by Brangwynne et al. by …

Nov 8, 2024 · Drylands are vulnerable to both natural and anthropogenic perturbations (13, 18, 19).Land degradation over the past decades or centuries, resulting mainly from intensified human activities (), has led to widespread wind erosion and frequent dust storms in drylands across the world (21–23).Given that 44% of organic matter in the top 30 cm of soil worldwide is stored in …