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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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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