COSEE Ocean Systems: News
The Microbe Factor and Its Role in Our Climate Future
Description: Within the planet's oceans and soils are trillions of bacteria that store and release far more carbon dioxide than all of the Earth's trees and plants. Now, scientists are attempting to understand how the world's bacteria will influence - and be influenced by - a warming climate. [Source: Carl Zimmer (Yale Environment 360)]
URL: http://www.e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2279
Availability: Full Text
Source: Carl Zimmer (Yale Environment 360)
Publish Date: 6/1/2010
Reading Level: Basic
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