How microbes in permafrost could trigger a massive carbon bomb

Genomics studies are helping to reveal how bacteria and archaea influence one of Earth's largest carbon stores as it begins to thaw. Genomics studies are helping to reveal how bacteria and archaea influence one of Earth's largest carbon stores as it begins to thaw.
Author(s): Monique Brouillette Author Affiliations: A boardwalk for traversing Sweden's Stordalen Mire sinks in the thawing landscape. Credit: Moira Hough In a boggy landscape a line of boardwalk stretches into [...]