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NAU scientists, national partners win $3.3 million to study microbes’ role in a changing world

Posted by Heather Tate on January 28, 2020

Illustration ofIf the fate of carbon is a test that planet Earth is taking right now, one of the answer keys is likely to be found in soil, where microorganisms—which account for nearly 15 percent of global biomass, by some estimates—eat, store and respire carbon and other nutrients. As Earth warms, how these microbes change the way they live will have potentially big consequences for where the carbon goes.

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Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society

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