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To document the critical role of microorganisms in climate change biology and emphasize the necessity of integrating microbial responses into global climate action and sustainability plans.

June 18, 2019Nature Reviews MicrobiologyOpen Access

Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change

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RCRicardo CavicchioliUNSW Sydney WRWilliam J. RippleOregon State University KTKenneth N. TimmisUniversity of Essex

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Consensus statement reveals the critical role of microorganisms in global climate feedback systems, highlighting the need to integrate microbial dynamics into environmental sustainability models.

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To document the critical role of microorganisms in climate change biology and emphasize the necessity of integrating microbial responses into global climate action and sustainability plans.
Synthesized scientific evidence as an expert consensus statement addressing the reciprocal links between microorganisms and climate change.
Evaluated microbial involvement in the production and consumption of greenhouse gases and ecosystem stability.
Microorganisms support the existence of all higher trophic life forms and govern major biochemical fluxes across global ecosystems.
Global impacts of climate change depend heavily on microbial responses, which critically dictate greenhouse gas dynamics and future environmental sustainability.

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Cavicchioli et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7efe73eff0c9dfaae2ae5 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-019-0222-5

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Consensus statement reveals the critical role of microorganisms in global climate feedback systems, highlighting the need to integrate microbial dynamics into environmental sustainability models.

Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change

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Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change

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