Photochemical (UV–vis/H2O2) degradation of carotenoids: Kinetics and molecular end products
Carbon in the land, air and water are interconnected. A significant amount of carbon stored in aquatic environments is thought to derive from...
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19/08/2021
Carbon in the land, air and water are interconnected. A significant amount of carbon stored in aquatic environments is thought to derive from...
21/08/2020
The inaugural ČSSI 2020 workshop aims (i) to develop communication between stable isotope researchers from Czechia and surrounding countries and...
21/08/2020
It was only relatively recently that tiny, single-celled thaumarchaea were discovered to exist and thrive in the pelagic ocean, where their...
21/02/2020
Professor Jan Frouz and Veronika Jílková are editing special issue of MDPI open access journal Soil Systems: "Role of Soil Organisms in...
22/01/2020
Short summary: This study deals with two membrane lipids called BDGTs and PDGTs. Membrane lipids are molecules forming the cell envelope of all...
29/11/2019
Multidisciplinary surveys were conducted in October 2014, May 2015 and December 2015 in three major deep basins of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea...
23/10/2019
Scientists from the SoWa Research Infrastructure of the The Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences ceremonially opened a unique research...
12/09/2019
Peatland vegetation is composed mostly of mosses, graminoids and ericoid shrubs, and these have a distinct impact on peat biogeochemistry. We studied...
01/04/2019
V časopise Vesmír č. 4/2019 vyšel článek profesora Jakuba Hrušky z České geologické služby Přehlížená proměna...
25/03/2019
In drylands, microbes that colonize rock surfaces have been linked to erosion because water scarcity excludes traditional weathering mechanisms. We...
14/03/2019
V časopise Vesmír č. 3/2019 vyšel rozhovor s profesorem Tomášem Cajthamlem, ředitelem Ústavu pro životní prostředí Přírodovědecké...
18/02/2019
Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations have increased interest in the potential for forest ecosystems and soils to act as carbon (C) sinks. While soil...
07/01/2019
A field transplantation experiment was used in this study to investigate the effects of substrate and climatic conditions on basal soil...
06/12/2018
On December 5, we commemorated the World Soil Day. About the decline of arable land in the Czech Republic was spoken by Professor Hana...
19/10/2018
Coniferous forest soils are limited in nitrogen and phosphorus which hinders tree growth. However, trees can alleviate this limitation by symbiotic...
14/09/2018
The idea behind this study started with a passionate discussion about the relevance of phosphorus (P) limitation in Arctic tundra soils. Most...
11/09/2018
Co je půda? K čemu ji potřebujeme? Kolik vody může zdravá půda zadržet a na čem to závisí? Jak rychle se může půda obnovit a proč je...
29/08/2018
Lake Medard is an oligotrophic post-mining lake characterised by ferruginous bottom waters, with marked redox gradients resulting from iron (Fe)...
22/08/2018
Post-mining sites represent one of the most extreme environments for invertebrates. Despite adverse conditions, gradual succession is however under...
14/08/2018
How does micro-topography affect arthropod communities? The team led by Jabbar Moradi focused on different arthropods comprising moths, spiders,...