How Soil Microorganisms Get Out of Step through Climate Change
Neuherberg, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2014 - Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, in collaboration with colleagues from the TU Munchen and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), have studied how soil microorganisms react to climatic change. Their result: Extreme weather events such as long periods of drought and heavy rainfall have a strong impact on the metabolic activity of microbes. This may lead to a change in the nutri ... more

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