Fast microbes regulate slow soil feedbacks

Fast microbes regulate slow soil feedbacks

Fast microbes regulate slow soil feedbacks, Published online: 17 September 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0291-x

Earth’s future climate depends, in part, on rapid soil microbial processes that may add up to long-term impacts. Observations from a geothermal gradient reveal decadal increases in soil-carbon loss due to persistent increases in microbial activity.