I am really excited to announce that a new paper that I am a part of is now live. Scientists’ Call to Action: Microbes, Planetary Health, and the Sustainable Development Goals (Crowther et al., 2024) is available at the link below. 🧪🧫🦠🔬 🧵 (will be broken up by teaching) www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Microbes are essential to life on Earth and will be core, with the advent of exciting new technologies, to our ability to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for a sustainable fut...
Microbes (bacteria, archaea, viruses, protists, and fungi) are ubiquitous and highly diverse, making up an estimated 99% of all biodiversity. Since they emerged 3 billion years ago, they have playeded critical roles for life – breaking down waste, recycling nutrients, purifying water, & more. 🧵
Wish I could get you on the podcast to discuss it! Best wishes as always.
This is wonderful. Thanks for sharing! Any chance any of the authors of this paper will be at the COP 16 in Cali Colombia this October? If so, I’d like to meet with you.
Fabulous! We need more of this!