TY - JOUR
T1 - Microbes without borders
T2 - Uniting societies for climate action
AU - Lennon, Jay T.
AU - Bittleston, Leonora S.
AU - Chen, Quanrui
AU - Cooper, Vaughn S.
AU - Fernández, Julieta
AU - Gilbert, Jack A.
AU - Häggblom, Max M.
AU - Harper, Lucy V.
AU - Jansson, Janet K.
AU - Jiao, Nianzhi
AU - Kuurstra, Elise M.
AU - Peixoto, Raquel S.
AU - Rappuoli, Rino
AU - Schembri, Mark A.
AU - Ventosa, Antonio
AU - Vullo, Diana L.
AU - Zhang, Chuanlun
AU - Nguyen, Nguyen K.
PY - 2025/1
Y1 - 2025/1
N2 - The climate crisis is one of the most urgent and complex challenges of our time. Although often overlooked in models and policy, microorganisms play a critical role in climate dynamics. They are sensitive to environmental drivers such as rising temperatures and altered precipitation patterns, with far-reaching consequences for the health of crops, livestock, and human populations. Climate change can also disrupt biogeochemical cycles that microbes help regulate, thereby altering feedbacks that influence Earth system processes [1]. Yet, microbes offer powerful and unique opportunities for climate change mitigation. In both natural and industrial contexts, microbial life can be leveraged to reduce emissions [2], restore ecosystems, and enhance resilience [3, 4]. Realizing this potential will require coordinated action and shared goals across societies, stakeholders, sectors, and borders [5].
AB - The climate crisis is one of the most urgent and complex challenges of our time. Although often overlooked in models and policy, microorganisms play a critical role in climate dynamics. They are sensitive to environmental drivers such as rising temperatures and altered precipitation patterns, with far-reaching consequences for the health of crops, livestock, and human populations. Climate change can also disrupt biogeochemical cycles that microbes help regulate, thereby altering feedbacks that influence Earth system processes [1]. Yet, microbes offer powerful and unique opportunities for climate change mitigation. In both natural and industrial contexts, microbial life can be leveraged to reduce emissions [2], restore ecosystems, and enhance resilience [3, 4]. Realizing this potential will require coordinated action and shared goals across societies, stakeholders, sectors, and borders [5].
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105017101422
U2 - 10.1093/ismejo/wraf199
DO - 10.1093/ismejo/wraf199
M3 - Article
C2 - 40991823
AN - SCOPUS:105017101422
SN - 1751-7362
VL - 19
JO - ISME Journal
JF - ISME Journal
IS - 1
M1 - wraf199
ER -