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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

01 Dec 2023
Ecosystem-specific patterns and drivers of global reactive iron mineral-associated organic carbon
Bo Zhao, Amin Dou, Zhiwei Zhang, Zhenyu Chen, Wenbo Sun, Yanli Feng, Xiaojuan Wang, and Qiang Wang
Biogeosciences, 20, 4761–4774, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4761-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4761-2023, 2023
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01 Dec 2023
Factors controlling spatiotemporal variability of soil carbon accumulation and stock estimates in a tidal salt marsh
Sean Fettrow, Andrew Wozniak, Holly Michael, and Angelia Seyfferth
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2627,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2627, 2023
Preprint under review for BG (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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30 Nov 2023
Marked recent declines in boron in Baltic Sea cod otoliths – a bellwether of incipient acidification in a vast hypoxic system?
Karin E. Limburg, Yvette Heimbrand, and Karol Kuliński
Biogeosciences, 20, 4751–4760, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4751-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4751-2023, 2023
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30 Nov 2023
Phosphomonoesterase and phosphodiesterase activities in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea during stratified versus mixed conditions
France Van Wambeke, Pascal Conan, Mireille Pujo-Pay, Vincent Taillandier, Olivier Crispi, and Elvira Pulido-Villena
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2578,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2578, 2023
Preprint under review for BG (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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30 Nov 2023
The emission of CO from tropical rain forest soils
Hella van Asperen, Thorsten Warneke, Alessandro Carioca de Araújo, Bruce Forsberg, Sávio José Filgueiras Ferreira, Thomas Röckmann, Carina van der Veen, Sipko Bulthuis, Leonardo Ramos de Oliveira, Thiago de Lima Xavier, Jailson da Mata, Marta de Oliveira Sá, Paulo Ricardo Teixeira, Julie Andrews de França e Silva, Susan Trumbore, and Justus Notholt
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2746,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2746, 2023
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Highlight articles

27 Nov 2023
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Responses of globally important phytoplankton species to olivine dissolution products and implications for carbon dioxide removal via ocean alkalinity enhancement
David A. Hutchins, Fei-Xue Fu, Shun-Chung Yang, Seth G. John, Stephen J. Romaniello, M. Grace Andrews, and Nathan G. Walworth
Biogeosciences, 20, 4669–4682, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4669-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4669-2023, 2023
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13 Oct 2023
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Soil-biodegradable plastic films do not decompose in a lake sediment over 9 months of incubation
Sigrid van Grinsven and Carsten Schubert
Biogeosciences, 20, 4213–4220, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4213-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4213-2023, 2023
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12 Oct 2023
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Biomineralization of amorphous Fe-, Mn- and Si-rich mineral phases by cyanobacteria under oxic and alkaline conditions
Karim Benzerara, Agnès Elmaleh, Maria Ciobanu, Alexis De Wever, Paola Bertolino, Miguel Iniesto, Didier Jézéquel, Purificación López-García, Nicolas Menguy, Elodie Muller, Fériel Skouri-Panet, Sufal Swaraj, Rosaluz Tavera, Christophe Thomazo, and David Moreira
Biogeosciences, 20, 4183–4195, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4183-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4183-2023, 2023
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04 Oct 2023
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Methane emissions due to reservoir flushing: a significant emission pathway?
Ole Lessmann, Jorge Encinas Fernández, Karla Martínez-Cruz, and Frank Peeters
Biogeosciences, 20, 4057–4068, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4057-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4057-2023, 2023
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04 Oct 2023
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Element ∕ Ca ratios in Nodosariida (Foraminifera) and their potential application for paleoenvironmental reconstructions
Laura Pacho, Lennart de Nooijer, and Gert-Jan Reichart
Biogeosciences, 20, 4043–4056, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4043-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4043-2023, 2023
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Scheduled special issues

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
11 Apr 2023–15 Dec 2023 | Ben Poulter, Garry Hayman, Semeena Valiyaveetil Shamsudheen, Elizabeth Keller, David Campbell, Sebastian Leuzinger, Anja Rammig, and Sara Vicca | Information
01 Mar 2023–30 Apr 2024 | Owen R. Cooper, Martin G. Schultz, and Paul Stoy | Information
Drought, society, and ecosystems (NHESS/BG/GC/HESS inter-journal SI)
14 Feb 2023–30 Jun 2024 | Anne Van Loon, Gemma Coxon, Camila Alvarez-Garreton, Elena Toth, Shreedhar Maskey, Khalid Hassaballah, Floris van Ogtrop, Noemi Vergopolan, Sina Khatami, Mana Gharun, Giulia Vico, and Anja Rammig | Information

News

08 Nov 2023 New Biogeosciences co-editor-in-chief

Paul Stoy, expert in biosphere–atmosphere dynamics at global to regional scales, and former Biogeosciences associate editor, joins the co-editors-in-chief team of Biogeosciences.

08 Nov 2023 New Biogeosciences co-editor-in-chief

Paul Stoy, expert in biosphere–atmosphere dynamics at global to regional scales, and former Biogeosciences associate editor, joins the co-editors-in-chief team of Biogeosciences.

18 Aug 2023 New BG Letter: Potential bioavailability of representative pyrogenic organic matter compounds in comparison to natural dissolved organic matter pools

Intensifying wildfires are increasing pyrogenic organic matter (PyOM) production and its impact on water quality. Recent work indicates that PyOM may have a greater impact on aquatic biogeochemistry than previously assumed, driven by higher bioavailability. Please read more.

18 Aug 2023 New BG Letter: Potential bioavailability of representative pyrogenic organic matter compounds in comparison to natural dissolved organic matter pools

Intensifying wildfires are increasing pyrogenic organic matter (PyOM) production and its impact on water quality. Recent work indicates that PyOM may have a greater impact on aquatic biogeochemistry than previously assumed, driven by higher bioavailability. Please read more.

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