Mary Lipton, EMSL mass spectrometry capability lead, is a co-principal investigator on a study led by Cornell University researchers to understand soil microbes and their role in the carbon cycle. The three-year study received a $3.59 million grant from the DOE Office of Science.
“Since soil microbes produce so much CO2 (carbon dioxide), even a small increase or decrease in their activity could have major implications in the fate of our planet,” said Dan Buckley, associate professor at Cornell and the study’s PI. “Our project seeks to understand the role of microbes in the soil carbon cycle so that we can better predict how their activities might respond to environmental change.”
Other co-PIs include Trent Northen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Will Wieder, the University of Colorado Boulder and Johannes Lehmann, Cornell.
Read more about this study in the Cornell Chronicle.