Scientists' warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change.

Autor: Cavicchioli R; School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. r.cavicchioli@unsw.edu.au., Ripple WJ; Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA., Timmis KN; Institute of Microbiology, Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany., Azam F; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA., Bakken LR; Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway., Baylis M; Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK., Behrenfeld MJ; Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA., Boetius A; Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Marine and Polar Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.; Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany., Boyd PW; Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia., Classen AT; Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, and The Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA., Crowther TW; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Danovaro R; Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy., Foreman CM; Center for Biofilm Engineering, and Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA., Huisman J; Department of Freshwater and Marine Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands., Hutchins DA; Department of Biological Sciences, Marine and Environmental Biology Section, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Jansson JK; Biological Sciences Division, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA., Karl DM; Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, School of Ocean and Earth Science & Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA., Koskella B; Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA., Mark Welch DB; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA., Martiny JBH; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA., Moran MA; Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA., Orphan VJ; Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA., Reay DS; School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK., Remais JV; Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA., Rich VI; Microbiology Department, and the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA., Singh BK; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, and Global Centre for Land-Based Innovation, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia., Stein LY; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada., Stewart FJ; School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA., Sullivan MB; Department of Microbiology, and Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, and the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA., van Oppen MJH; School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.; Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia., Weaver SC; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA., Webb EA; Department of Biological Sciences, Marine and Environmental Biology Section, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Webster NS; Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia.; Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature reviews. Microbiology [Nat Rev Microbiol] 2019 Sep; Vol. 17 (9), pp. 569-586. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jun 18.
DOI: 10.1038/s41579-019-0222-5
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE