Congrats to Ben Van Mooy, a microbial oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), for being named a MacArthur "genius" fellow. washingtonpost.com/style/of-inter…

This slim book is a mix of science, history & natural history, beautifully written, as to be expected from the author of "The Shipping News," one of my favorites. simonandschuster.com/books/Fen-Bog-…

"Earth’s wildlife populations have fallen on average by a “catastrophic” rate of 73 percent in the past half-century, according to a new analysis the World Wildlife Fund released Wednesday." wapo.st/3YiONz5

"In 2023, the hottest year ever recorded, preliminary findings by an international team of researchers show the amount of carbon absorbed by land has temporarily collapsed." theguardian.com/environment/20…

Not in current models: "..the experimental site observations generally show an immediate increased ecosystem respiration response to warming followed by a decline in respiration after about 5 years" Simulating Arctic Carbon Emissions in a Warming World eos.org/science-update…

"We reviewed 37 years of data on hypoxic zone size and water quality in the northern Gulf of Mexico to determine...." A temperature tipping point in hypoxic zone size - Turner - Limnology and Oceanography aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

"... inconsistencies of the [N] loading vs. size model in recent years indicates that there is a tipping point beyond which the hypoxic zone size decreases.." A temperature tipping point in hypoxic zone size - Turner - Limnology and Oceanography aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

"The total heat-trapping potential of the atmosphere is now 51.5 percent higher than in 1990.." Planet-warming pollution is growing at the fastest rate in history, scientists say wapo.st/3NGHsTA

But we are still the ultimate cause. Rapid shift in methane carbon isotopes suggests microbial emissions drove record high atmospheric methane growth in 2020–2022 | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

"Japan’s Mount Fuji remained snowless on Tuesday, marking the latest date that its slopes have been bare since records began 130 years ago.." theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…

"..significant decrease in soil microbial biomass over the past three decades, possibly attributed to climate warming..." Exploring Global Data Sets to Detect Changes in Soil Microbial Carbon and Nitrogen Over Three Decades - agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

"If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of carbon, behind China and the United States." Only water is used more than cement. washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

"Our results support the USA–Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement recommendation of a 40% P reduction, but also indicate that a parallel reduction of N input by 40% would be most effective in controlling bloom magnitudes." Hans Paerl et al. aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

I discovered Marcia Bjornerud from a great review of this book in the New Yorker (8/26/24) . Wish she were teaching when I was at Lawrence where she's on the faculty. Lawrence University us.macmillan.com/books/97812508…

Rather than Bjornerud's latest, I picked up an earlier book, Timefulness. Although a geologist she says the biosphere is a "microcracy" & microbes will take over when "larger, arriviste lifeforms falter." Of course they already rule. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

"Chlorophyll-induced solar absorption leads to colder Pacific coastal upwelling but warmer Atlantic coastal upwelling." Diverse Responses of Upper Ocean Temperatures to Chlorophyll‐Induced Solar Absorption Across Different Coastal Upwelling Regions agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

Even if you don't want to read the entire review (but you should), at least check out the list of related books at the end. The Story of Earth's Climate in 25 Discoveries: How Scientists Found the Connections Between Climate and Life inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/11/08/boo… via @inqbiol

Submit your abstract for the ASM Microbe annual meeting in Los Angeles I'm organizing a symposium on Microbial Dormancy and I hope to see your abstract and discuss with you there. Early abstracts close Dec 3, don't delay! abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20974/s…

I am proud to have represented EcoMicroLyon and our research #MicroRescue and THE MICROBES at the recent colloquium by the Fondation Pierre Verots My talk (in English!) is an accessible overview as to why microbes are important for climate change youtube.com/watch?v=QDmSTV…

I'm moving to Bluesky too. science.org/content/articl…