Published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, the ADBA model is the first to integrate both organic and inorganic carbon limitations for mixotrophic algal growth in real anaerobic digestion (AD) effluent. The model accurately predicts the growth of Chlorella vulgaris CA1 and indigenous bacteria, capturing their competitive interactions, nutrient uptake, and light inhibition effects. With just 25 parameters and 8 state variables, it balances simplicity and realism, offering a practical tool for optimizing algal biomass production and wastewater treatment.

Prof Carla Jaimes Betancourt, an anthropologist focusing on the Amazon, is a researcher at the Department of Anthropology of the Americas at the University of Bonn and co-director of the BASA Museum housed at the university. Her research, promoting collaborative archaeology with local Indigenous People, focuses on the social complexity in the southwestern Amazon and processes of expansion and formation of ethnic groups in the South American lowland.

In a newly published Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology article, she and co-authors present the results of interdisciplinary and collaborative archaeological research conducted in the southwestern Amazon. In the following editorial, she highlights the rich cultural heritage found at the sites and the importance of protecting these landscapes where humans have thrived for thousands of years.

As global oyster populations decline and fisheries collapse, archaeologists may be able to inform effective management with valuable, long-term perspectives of the human-oyster connections stretching back millennia.

Scholar finds evidence from far-flung global regions about benefits of Indigenous fire sovereignty. Melinda Adams applying her knowledge to the land in cooperation with tribe in Kansas.

Amid a mix of celebration and caution, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity made important progress and decisions on the operation and governance of a new Subsidiary Body dedicated to elevating the role and contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities