Microbiologists clarify relationship between microbial diversity and soil carbon storage
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 - 12:40
in Earth & Climate
In what they believe is the first study of its kind, researchers led by postdoctoral researcher Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta and senior author Kristen DeAngelis at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report that shifts in the diversity of soil microbial communities can change the soil's ability to sequester carbon, where it usually helps to regulate climate.