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Microbes adjust to heat

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Two soil respiration studies conducted at different spatial and temporal extents each find evidence that thermal adaptation of microbial communities compensates for loss of soil carbon under idealized conditions.

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Fig. 1: Summary of the experimental designs for the two studies and competing hypotheses for thermal adaptation of soil microbes.

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Alster, C.J. Microbes adjust to heat. Nat Ecol Evol 3, 155–156 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0788-8

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