by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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CO2 emissions from soil microbes<\/a> could rise 40 percent by the end of the century. This increase is driven by climate change, which, in turn, is also influenced by the effects of this phenomenon – so-called heterotrophic respiration<\/strong> – in an obvious vicious circle. This is suggested by Swiss research<\/a> published in the journal Nature Communications.<\/p>\n “The projected rise in microbial CO2 emissions will further contribute to the aggravation of global warming<\/strong>, emphasising the urgent need to get more accurate estimates of the heterotrophic respiration rates,” said Alon Nissan<\/strong>, a researcher at the ETH Zurich Institute of Environmental Engineering and lead author of the study, in an article<\/a> published by the same Swiss institute.<\/p>\n