In the absence of horizontal migration, salt marshes must build vertical elevation to persist under sea level rise by building soil through primary production and inorganic sediment deposition. Here we examine a phenomenon observed in a high salinity salt marsh estuary whereby leaf-surface coatings form on Spartina alterniflora (aka Sporobolus alterniflorus ) leaves and we investigate whether these coatings can inhibit photosy...

Although plasma pTau181 has been shown to accurately discriminate patients with Alzheimer’s disease from healthy older adults, there are few studies of plasma biomarkers among middle-aged populations. Given the potential utility of plasma AD biomarkers such as pTau181 in screening for disease risk, examining pTau181 in a middle-aged cohort without AD is important for future implementation. The objectives of this study were to...

Coastal communities worldwide face accelerating risks from sea-level rise and intensifying storms, yet many lack the capacity and framework needed to adapt. ResilientWoodsHole ( RWH ), a private–public partnership in the low-lying scientific village of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, offers lessons learned and practical strategies for how small communities can meet this challenge. Bringing together thirteen partners, including Wood...

Traditional morphology‐ and molecular‐based biodiversity surveys provide essential information on species composition and diversity, but they rarely provide information about the physiological states of organisms, which are key indicators of ecosystem health. Environmental RNA (eRNA) has the potential to significantly enhance biomonitoring by providing insights beyond species detection. Recent studies suggest that extra‐organi...

Antarctic soils are unique from those found nearly anywhere else on Earth yet can still harbor a broad diversity of microorganisms able to tolerate the challenging conditions typical of the continent. For these reasons, microbiologists have been drawn to Antarctica for decades. However, our understanding of which microbes thrive in Antarctic soils and how they to do so remains limited. To help resolve these knowledge gaps, we...

In situ observed data are commonly used as species occurrence response variables in species distribution models. However, the use of remotely observed data from high‐resolution multispectral remote‐sensing images as a source of presence/absence data for species distribution models remains under‐developed. Here, we describe an ensemble species distribution model of black microbial mats ( Nostoc spp.) using presence/absence poin...

Forecasting population responses to rapidly changing marine ecosystems requires mechanistic models integrating complex demographic processes, fitted to long time series, across large spatial scales. We used a Bayesian metapopulation model fit to colony census data and climatic covariates spanning 1900–2100 for all Northeast Atlantic colonies of an exemplar seabird, the Northern gannet ( Morus bassanus ) to investigate metapopu...