Department of Earth System Science

Soil microbial communities play a critical role in regulating the Earth’s climate through the production and consumption of greenhouse gases. Warming, particularly of subarctic soils, is predicted to cause widespread permafrost thaw. The high carbon (C) content of these systems could release CH4 and CO2 to the atmosphere, transitioning them from a net sink to a net… Continue Reading Microbial activity in thermokarst soils: Mechanisms of carbon loss following permafrost thaw