Glaciers cover about 10% of the Earth's land area but they are retreating rapidly and many
will disappear within decades. Glacier retreat is a worldwide phenomenon increasing the …

The Arctic is undergoing rapid changes in climate, altering the status and functioning of high-
latitude soils and permafrost. The vast majority of studies on Arctic soils and permafrost are …

Despite the ubiquitous distributions and critical ecological functions of microorganisms in
pedogenesis and ecosystem development in recently deglaciated areas, there are …

Climate warming is causing widespread deglaciation and pioneer soil formation over glacial
deposits. Melting glaciers expose rocky terrain and glacial till sediment that is relatively low …

Ecosystem succession and pedogenesis reshuffle the composition and turnover of dissolved
organic matter (DOM) and its interactions with soil microbiome. The changes of these …

Polar regions provide an ideal environment to investigate the succession of bacterial
communities. In the present study, we investigated the bacterial diversity and community …

The active layer of soil overlaying permafrost in the Arctic is subjected to annual changes in
temperature and soil chemistry, which we hypothesize to affect the overall soil microbial …

The glacial retreat is observed and predicted to increase in intensity especially in high-
elevation areas as a result of global warming, which leaves behind a primary succession …

Ecosystems shaped by retreating glaciers provide a unique opportunity to study the order
and timing of biotic colonization, and how this influences the structure of successive …

Glacier and ice sheet surfaces host diverse communities of microorganisms whose activity
(or inactivity) influences biogeochemical cycles and ice melting. Supraglacial microbes …