Cryospheric science: The power of glacial microbes
Nature Geoscience 10, 329 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2933
Author: Elizabeth B. Kujawinski
Organic carbon fluxes from glaciers are a key control on biogeochemical cycles in polar regions. Two analyses of carbon cycling in glaciers show the importance of glacier–surface microbial communities in setting these inputs.