Digging into the ecology of the microbial dynamics during soil drying and rewetting – an experimental and computational investigation taking soil depth and land-use into account
Blandine Lyonnard How microbes in different soils react to drought and rainfall? Drought periods followed by rainfall events induce large release of CO2 from the soil to the atmosphere. This phenomenon, known as the “Birch effect” can contribute to global warming. With climate change, there will be more and more cycles of drought followed by rainfall events. Therefore, there will be more Birch e