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Fast microbes regulate slow soil feedbacks

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.

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Fig. 1: The Green Valley geothermal field in Iceland, where soil samples were collected.

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Pendall, E. Fast microbes regulate slow soil feedbacks. Nature Clim Change 8, 859–860 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0291-x

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