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Co-editors-in-chief: Steven Bouillon, Anja Rammig, Paul Stoy, Tina Treude & Sara Vicca
eISSN: BG 1726-4189, BGD 1810-6285

Biogeosciences (BG) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications, and review papers on all aspects of the interactions between the biological, chemical, and physical processes in terrestrial or extraterrestrial life with the geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. The objective of the journal is to cut across the boundaries of established sciences and achieve an interdisciplinary view of these interactions. Experimental, conceptual, and modelling approaches are welcome.

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Recent papers

21 Jul 2025
Tracing Water Masses and Particle Dispersion on the Northern South China Sea Shelf Using POM Signatures under Contrasting Wind Conditions: A New Perspective
Jay Lee, James T. Liu, Yu-Shih Lin, Tung-Yuan Ho, Chen-Tung Arthur Chen, Wenping Gong, and Chau-Ron Wu
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2502,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2502, 2025
Preprint under review for BG (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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18 Jul 2025
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Marine snow morphology drives sinking and attenuation in the ocean interior
Yawouvi Dodji Soviadan, Miriam Beck, Joelle Habib, Alberto Baudena, Laetitia Drago, Alexandre Accardo, Remi Laxenaire, Sabrina Speich, Peter Brandt, Rainer Kiko, and Stemmann Lars
Biogeosciences, 22, 3485–3501, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3485-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3485-2025, 2025
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18 Jul 2025
Reviews and syntheses: A trait-based approach to constrain controls on planktic foraminiferal ecology – key trade-offs and current knowledge gaps
Kirsty M. Edgar, Maria Grigoratou, Fanny M. Monteiro, Ruby Barrett, Rui Ying, and Daniela N. Schmidt
Biogeosciences, 22, 3463–3483, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3463-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3463-2025, 2025
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18 Jul 2025
Reviews and syntheses: Process-based modeling of the CO2:CH4 production ratio is important for predicting future Arctic methane emissions
Marius Moser, Lara Kaiser, Victor Brovkin, and Christian Beer
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3159,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3159, 2025
Preprint under review for BG (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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16 Jul 2025
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Quantifying the soil sink of atmospheric hydrogen: a full year of field measurements from grassland and forest soils in the UK
Nicholas Cowan, Toby Roberts, Mark Hanlon, Aurelia Bezanger, Galina Toteva, Alex Tweedie, Karen Yeung, Ajinkya Deshpande, Peter Levy, Ute Skiba, Eiko Nemitz, and Julia Drewer
Biogeosciences, 22, 3449–3461, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3449-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3449-2025, 2025
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Highlight articles

18 Jul 2025
Marine snow morphology drives sinking and attenuation in the ocean interior
Yawouvi Dodji Soviadan, Miriam Beck, Joelle Habib, Alberto Baudena, Laetitia Drago, Alexandre Accardo, Remi Laxenaire, Sabrina Speich, Peter Brandt, Rainer Kiko, and Stemmann Lars
Biogeosciences, 22, 3485–3501, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3485-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3485-2025, 2025
Short summary Co-editor-in-chief
16 Jul 2025
Quantifying the soil sink of atmospheric hydrogen: a full year of field measurements from grassland and forest soils in the UK
Nicholas Cowan, Toby Roberts, Mark Hanlon, Aurelia Bezanger, Galina Toteva, Alex Tweedie, Karen Yeung, Ajinkya Deshpande, Peter Levy, Ute Skiba, Eiko Nemitz, and Julia Drewer
Biogeosciences, 22, 3449–3461, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3449-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3449-2025, 2025
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15 Jul 2025
Distribution of alkylamines in surface waters around the Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea
Arianna Rocchi, Mark F. Fitzsimons, Preston Akenga, Ana Sotomayor, Elisabet L. Sà, Queralt Güell-Bujons, Magda Vila, Yaiza M. Castillo, Manuel Dall'Osto, Dolors Vaqué, Charel Wohl, Rafel Simó, and Elisa Berdalet
Biogeosciences, 22, 3429–3448, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3429-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3429-2025, 2025
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10 Jul 2025
Simulating vertical phytoplankton dynamics in a stratified ocean using a two-layered ecosystem model
Qi Zheng, Johannes J. Viljoen, Xuerong Sun, Žarko Kovač, Shubha Sathyendranath, and Robert J. W. Brewin
Biogeosciences, 22, 3253–3278, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3253-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3253-2025, 2025
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01 Jul 2025
Phylogeochemistry: exploring evolutionary constraints on belemnite rostrum element composition
Alexander Pohle, Kevin Stevens, René Hoffmann, and Adrian Immenhauser
Biogeosciences, 22, 3073–3102, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3073-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3073-2025, 2025
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Scheduled special issues

01 Oct 2024–31 Oct 2025 | Sanja Frka (Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia), Peter S. Liss (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom), Klaus Jürgens (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Germany), Frédéric Gazeau (Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, France), and Hermann Bange (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany) | Information
10 Nov 2023–indefinite | David McLagan (Queen's University, Canada), Ashu Dastoor (Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada), Johannes Bieser (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany), Celia Chen (Dartmouth, Department of Biological Sciences, USA), Jane Kirk (Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada), Adrien Mestrot (Institute of Geography, Switzerland), Anne L. Soerensen (Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden), and Xun Wang (Institute of Geochemistry, China) | Information
02 Nov 2023–31 Oct 2026 | Frédéric Gazeau (Villefranche Oceanographic Laboratory, France), Manmohan Sarin (Physical Research Laboratory, India), Suzanne Fietz (Stellenbosch University, South Afrca), Douglas Hamilton (North Carolina State University, USA), Akinori Ito (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan), Morgane Perron (Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin, France), and Mingjin Tang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) | Information
01 Feb 2020–indefinite | Eric Achterberg, Javier Arístegui, Francisco Chavez, Michelle I. Graco, Hans-Peter Grossart, Dimitri Gutierrez, Ulf Riebesell, and Silvio Pantoja | Information

News

27 Jun 2025 New co-review option in BG

BG now offers a co-review option for referees. Please read more.

27 Jun 2025 New co-review option in BG

BG now offers a co-review option for referees. Please read more.

28 Mar 2025 New BG Letter: Composite model-based estimate of the ocean carbon sink from 1959 to 2022

The ocean is a major natural carbon sink. Despite its importance, estimates of the ocean carbon sink remain uncertain. Here, the author presents a hybrid model estimate of the ocean carbon sink from 1959 to 2022. Read more.

28 Mar 2025 New BG Letter: Composite model-based estimate of the ocean carbon sink from 1959 to 2022

The ocean is a major natural carbon sink. Despite its importance, estimates of the ocean carbon sink remain uncertain. Here, the author presents a hybrid model estimate of the ocean carbon sink from 1959 to 2022. Read more.

13 Mar 2025 New agreement between California Digital Library and Copernicus Publications

We are delighted to announce a new agreement between the California Digital Library and Copernicus Publications. The University of California will cover 50% of article processing charges (APCs) for manuscripts affiliated with any of their research units. Read more.

13 Mar 2025 New agreement between California Digital Library and Copernicus Publications

We are delighted to announce a new agreement between the California Digital Library and Copernicus Publications. The University of California will cover 50% of article processing charges (APCs) for manuscripts affiliated with any of their research units. Read more.

Notice on the current situation in Ukraine

To show our support for Ukraine, all fees for papers from authors (first or corresponding authors) affiliated to Ukrainian institutions are automatically waived, regardless if these papers are co-authored by scientists affiliated to Russian and/or Belarusian institutions. The only exception will be if the corresponding author or first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) are from a Russian and/or Belarusian institution, in that case the APCs are not waived.

In accordance with current European restrictions, Copernicus Publications does not step into business relations with and issue APC-invoices (articles processing charges) to Russian and Belarusian institutions. The peer-review process and scientific exchange of our journals including preprint posting is not affected. However, these restrictions require that the first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) has an affiliation and invoice address outside Russia or Belarus.