BER/BERAC
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Proposed Network of Energy Sustainability Testbeds (With Text)
These testbeds comprise a suite of strategically distributed study sites chosen to span a range of scales, each relevant to a particular energy strategy and associated air-water-land forcing. Each testbed could be used for experiments, observations, and modeling to address a unique set of questions. Synthesis across the testbeds could offer an unprecedented opportunity for advancing the fundamental knowledge and tools needed to develop a range of resilient and interconnected energy strategies.
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Molecular-Scale Processes and Biogeochemical Hot Spots
White, yellow, and blue arrows correspond to pore-scale processes. White arrows highlight transfer of electrons between donors and acceptors; yellow corresponds to major microbial metabolic processes and their chemical products; and light blue arrows indicate microbial production of the enzymes that drive these processes. Light orange arrows indicate fluxes of biogeochemical products from hot spots across scales and time to other parts of the ecosystem.
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Spatial Scales Addressed by BER Research
BER research spans a broad range of natural systems. These systems are not only structurally and spatially complex, with many different interacting parts spanning molecular to global scales, they also are dynamically complex, encompassing processes that occur over time scales ranging from nanoseconds to centuries.
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