Soil Microbiomes and Climate Change
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2022) | Viewed by 276
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ongoing global climate change caused by greenhouse gas increase represents one of the biggest political challenges of the 21st century. As soil microorganisms are largely responsible for the cycling of soil organic carbon (SOC) and other nutrients, they have a key role in climate feedback, including the production or consumption of greenhouse gases. The continuing climate change, with weather patterns which are becoming more erratic and extreme, is introducing more extended and higher extremes of change with unknown consequences on the stability and resilience of the soil microbiome. Therefore, a better understanding of microbial traits that confer ecosystem resilience to climate change is needed for predicting and managing ecosystem responses to climate change.
This Special Issue invites authors to share their research outcomes on soil microbiomes under global climate change. Soil microbiomes refer to soil with an interacting community of bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses, and protozoa. Anticipated climate change might include elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (eCO2), elevated temperature, increased precipitation, increased drought, and increased fire frequency. Crucial topics of interest include how climate change influences both the taxonomic composition of soil microbial communities and the key functions achieved by determining the details of biochemical pathways, such as those involved in soil respiration and methane emission.
Dr. Nannan Wang
Guest Editor
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