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Researchers do not fully understand the long-term effects of soil warming on microbial communities and the carbon cycle, but this knowledge is crucial for developing accurate ecosystem models.

Co-principal investigators Jeffrey Blanchard and Marco Keilwueit, both with the��, and a group of colleagues want to close the information gap. The team's fiscal year 2017����or FICUS, proposal will help explain how soil microbial communities respond to increasing temperatures.

"We're trying to understand the long-term consequences of soil warming," says Blanchard.

A better understanding of how soil warming will affect the carbon cycle is central to model projections of future climate.

Other team members are Serita Frey,��; Jerry Melillo and Jim Tang,��; and Jaqueline Mohan,��. Funding comes from��.��

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