Climate change could impact vital functions of microbes
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - 18:49
in Biology & Nature
Global climate change will not only impact plants and animals but will also affect bacteria, fungi and other microbial populations that perform a myriad of functions important to life on earth. It is not entirely certain what those effects will be, but they could be significant and will probably not be good, say researchers today at a scientific meeting in Boston.