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Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, say they've created a model that could " revolutionize our understanding of carbon sequestration processes and greatly improve the accuracy of climate models," Phys.org reports.
According to a press release, soil microbes play a key role in soil carbon sequestration, a process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stores it in the soil.
"This process is critical for maintaining the balance of our planet's climate systems," Phys.org quotes researcher Gianna Marschmann as saying.
"Traditional climate models have struggled to accurately represent the complex interactions between soil microbes and their environment, leading to potential gaps in our predictions and understanding of climate change."
According to Phys.org, up to 10 billion microorganisms are present in just one gram of soilrepresenting thousands of speciesbut the majority of them have never been directly studied in a lab setting.
The new model developed by the Berkeley Lab team uses genomic information to predict microbial behavior and interactions with plants.
"With the models we are building, it is increasingly possible to leverage new understanding of how carbon cycles through soil have important implications for agriculture and soil health," Phys.org quotes Marschmann as saying.
The study was published in the journal Nature Microbiology.
According to Phys.org,
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