Scientists' warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change

R Cavicchioli, WJ Ripple, KN Timmis, F Azam… - Nature Reviews …, 2019‏ - nature.com
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 …

Climate change and salinity effects on crops and chemical communication between plants and plant growth-promoting microorganisms under stress

A Ullah, A Bano, N Khan - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
During the last two decades the world has experienced an abrupt change in climate. Both
natural and artificial factors are climate change drivers, although the effect of natural factors …

Soil microbial network complexity predicts ecosystem function along elevation gradients on the Tibetan Plateau

W Chen, J Wang, X Chen, Z Meng, R Xu… - Soil Biology and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The contributions of soil microbial diversity for the multifunctionality of ecosystem functions
remain little understood despite the well-known importance of soil microbial communities for …

Nutrient-induced acidification modulates soil biodiversity-function relationships

Z Hu, M Delgado-Baquerizo, N Fanin, X Chen… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Nutrient enrichment is a major global change component that often disrupts the relationship
between aboveground biodiversity and ecosystem functions by promoting species …

Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity–soil multifunctionality relationships

W Hu, J Ran, L Dong, Q Du, M Ji, S Yao, Y Sun… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Relationships between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions (that is, ecosystem
multifunctionality) are context-dependent. Both plant and soil microbial diversity have been …

Soil biodiversity supports the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces

K Fan, H Chu, DJ Eldridge, JJ Gaitan, YR Liu… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
While the contribution of biodiversity to supporting multiple ecosystem functions is well
established in natural ecosystems, the relationship of the above-and below-ground diversity …

Experimental impacts of grazing on grassland biodiversity and function are explained by aridity

M Zhang, M Delgado-Baquerizo, G Li, F Isbell… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Grazing by domestic herbivores is the most widespread land use on the planet, and also a
major global change driver in grasslands. Yet, experimental evidence on the long-term …

Soil multitrophic network complexity enhances the link between biodiversity and multifunctionality in agricultural systems

S Jiao, Y Lu, G Wei - Global Change Biology, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Belowground biodiversity supports multiple ecosystem functions and services that humans
rely on. However, there is a dearth of studies exploring the determinants of the biodiversity …

Fungal-bacterial diversity and microbiome complexity predict ecosystem functioning

C Wagg, K Schlaeppi, S Banerjee, EE Kuramae… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
The soil microbiome is highly diverse and comprises up to one quarter of Earth's diversity.
Yet, how such a diverse and functionally complex microbiome influences ecosystem …

Multiple anthropogenic pressures eliminate the effects of soil microbial diversity on ecosystem functions in experimental microcosms

G Yang, M Ryo, J Roy, DR Lammel… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Biodiversity is crucial for the provision of ecosystem functions. However, ecosystems are
now exposed to a rapidly growing number of anthropogenic pressures, and it remains …