Thriving Microalgae Can Help Counteract Emissions During Global Warming

Microorganisms in carbon-rich soils increase photosynthesis rates in warm conditions, suggesting that current climate models may overestimate the total emissions expected from decomposition of the landscape as the climate warms.

As the world warms, it is expected that natural ecosystems such as peatlands and permafrost will begin to rapidly release stored carbon dioxide as a microbial activity shift in soil. These environments may be a major source of future emissions, and estimates suggest the Northern Hemisphere It stores 1.5 billion tonnes of carbon In permafrost, it is a peatland of the world…