Soil molecular diversity spikes as microbes decompose plants, researchers discover

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Dec 17, 2025, 8:53 pm129 ptsTrending
Globally, soils contain three times as much carbon as exists in the atmosphere and all plants, combined. Which means that understanding how soil microbes recycle organic materials—sometimes sending CO2 back into the atmosphere, sometimes mineralizing it for long-term storage—may be crucial for the fight…

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