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Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change

Ricardo CavicchioliSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. [email protected]William J. RippleDepartment of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USAKenneth N. TimmisInstitute of Microbiology, Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, GermanyFarooq AzamUniversity of California San DiegoLars R. BakkenFaculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, NorwayMatthew BaylisInstitute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UKMichael J. BehrenfeldDepartment of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USAAntje BoëtiusAlfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Marine and Polar Research, Bremerhaven, GermanyPhilip W. BoydInstitute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, AustraliaAimée T. ClassenRubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, and The Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USAThomas W. CrowtherInstitute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandRoberto DanovaroDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, ItalyChristine M. ForemanCenter for Biofilm Engineering, and Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USAJef HuismanDepartment of Freshwater and Marine Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsDavid A. HutchinsDepartment of Biological Sciences, Marine and Environmental Biology Section, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USAJanet JanssonBiological Sciences Division, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USADavid M. KarlDaniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, School of Ocean and Earth Science & Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USABritt KoskellaDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USADavid B. Mark WelchMarine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USAJennifer B. H. MartinyDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USAMary Ann MoranDepartment of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USAVictoria J. OrphanDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USADavid ReaySchool of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKJustin V. RemaisDivision of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USAVirginia I. RichMicrobiology Department, and the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USABrajesh K. SinghHawkesbury Institute for the Environment, and Global Centre for Land-Based Innovation, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaLisa Y. SteinDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaFrank J. StewartSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USAMatthew B. SullivanDepartment of Microbiology, and Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, and the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USAMadeleine J. H. van OppenAustralian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, AustraliaScott C. WeaverDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USAEric A. WebbDepartment of Biological Sciences, Marine and Environmental Biology Section, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USANicole S. WebsterAustralian Centre for Ecogenomics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

2019en

ABI

Аннотация

In the Anthropocene, in which we now live, climate change is impacting most life on Earth. Microorganisms support the existence of all higher trophic life forms. To understand how humans and other life forms on Earth (including those we are yet to discover) can withstand anthropogenic climate change, it is vital to incorporate knowledge of the microbial ‘unseen majority’. We must learn not just how microorganisms affect climate change (including production and consumption of greenhouse gases) but also how they will be affected by climate change and other human activities. This Consensus Statement documents the central role and global importance of microorganisms in climate change biology. It also puts humanity on notice that the impact of climate change will depend heavily on responses of microorganisms, which are essential for achieving an environmentally sustainable future. The microbial majority with which we share Earth often goes unnoticed despite underlying major biogeochemical cycles and food webs, thereby taking a key role in climate change. This Consensus Statement highlights the importance of climate change microbiology and issues a call to action for all microbiologists.

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DOI: 10.1038/s41579-019-0222-5

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