Microbes on a frying pan: Consequences of warming soils.
James Lovelock -who first linked effects of man’s industrial aspirations to climate change said, “Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes.” He also is well known to have said that if you want to detect life on a planet look no further than its atmosphere, for thriving life will alter the atmosphere, such alterations make up the pulse of a living planet. Continue reading ->
More Productive? – Converting C3 food crops to C4 way of life.
Evolution of C4 pathway of photosynthesis added additional teeth to this life sustaining process enhancing plant’s ability to better scrub our atmosphere from CO2 resulting in higher biomass. These characteristics of C4 plants make them attractive to solve food security problems by enhancing biomass production of high value C3 crops like rice.The major difference between these plants lies in leaf anatomy. Continue reading ->
Microbial Dark Matter 