Hyperactive soil microbes might weaken the terrestrial carbon sink

Kiona Ogle

doi:10.1038/d41586-018-05842-2

Hyperactive soil microbes might weaken the terrestrial carbon sink

Kiona Ogle

Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, School of

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Abstract

The rate at which carbon dioxide is lost from soil has risen faster than the rate at which it is used by land plants, because soil microbes have become more active — possibly weakening the land surface’s ability to act as a carbon sink.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	32-33
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	560
Issue number	7716
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05842-2
State	Published - Aug 2 2018

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Biogeochemistry
Climate sciences
Environmental sciences

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