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Greenland Ice Sheet Methane Shapes Microbial Communities and Carbon Cycling

Greenland Ice Sheet Methane Shapes Microbial Communities and Carbon Cycling

Researchers found that methane concentrations beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet help determine microbial community composition at its margins. Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, the study offers insights into carbon and methane cycling in a rapidly warming Arctic.

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Methane beneath the Greenland ice sheet shapes microbial life and influences the carbon cycle