Dead or Alive? Modeling the Global Carbon Cycle

Whether dead or alive, soil microorganisms play a major role in the cycling of carbon in the biosphere. A new review appearing in Nature Reviews Microbiology outlines how it is now possible to predict how the life and death of soil microbes may impact the planet’s soil carbon stocks. https://eesa.lbl.gov/dead-or-alive-modeling-how-microorganisms-in-soil-shape-the-global-carbon-cycle/