Climate, Microbiology, Organism, Air conditioning, Bacteria, Climate change
There’s an invisible ecosystem in the air — and climate change is disrupting it
New research shows warming could push atmospheric pathogens into new areas.
There’s an invisible ecosystem in the air — and climate change is disrupting it
New research shows warming could push atmospheric pathogens into new areas.
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The big climate significance of the planet’s microbiome
When it comes to figuring out the climate crisis, scientists say we need to think small.
Dangerous Heat Wave Is Literally Melting Critical Infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest
The heat-caused damage in the Pacific Northwest is a stark sign of how screwed our infrastructure is when it comes to climate change.
Climate Change Is Worsening The Spread Of Airborne Pathogens
Researchers document the spread of pathogenic bacteria and fungi via massive Asian dust storms.
Global Warming Pushes Microbes into Damaging Climate Feedback Loops
Research is raising serious concerns about climate change's impact on the world's tiniest organisms, and scientists say much more attention is needed.
Research in climate modeling and complex systems wins Nobel Prize in Physics
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi honored for breakthroughs in understanding global warming and disordered metallic lattices
It’s the little things- An interview with the Guest Editors of our Microbial Ecology of Changing Environments Call for Papers
PLOS ONE has an open Call for Papers on the Microbial Ecology of Changing Environments, with selected submissions to be featured in an upcoming Collection. We aim to highlight a range of
Scientists mine for potential drugs in the Berkeley Pit and other industrial sites
Extreme environments like Superfund sites host microbes that survive their habitats by synthesizing potent compounds
Earth is heating up too quickly for these tiny organisms to adapt
Thousands of species of lichen harboring algae may evolve too slowly to keep up with Earth's changes as the climate crisis continues, according to new research.
The Fungi Living in Our Guts Affects Our Health in Ways Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand
Bacteria aren’t the only microscopic stowaways our bodies carry. Dubbed the “dark matter” of the microbiome, fungi may also play a major role in our physical and mental health.
Natural Prodcast Episode 4: Nancy Keller
This Natural Prodcast podcast episode features Nancy Keller, a fungal natural products researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Air conditioning is adding to the climate crisis. But it doesn’t need to be
Heat maps of cities, including Boston, show deep inequality in access to cooling.