Warming climate could turn ocean plankton microbes into carbon emitters
The mixotrophic protist Paramecium bursaria can eat bacteria or use photosynthesis to get energy and carbon. Photosynthesis occurs inside the endosymbiotic Chlorella algae (green spheres) that live inside P bursaria cells. Credit: Daniel Wieczynski New research finds that a warming climate could flip globally abundant microbial communities from carbon sinks to carbon emitters, potentially triggering
Diego Mote
June 2, 2023