David vs. Goliath, Microbe vs. Man
Humans might have ushered Earth into the Anthropocene, but we’d be unwise to ignore the fact that we’re always going to be living in the Age of Microbes, according to a new article in Microbiology Today. “Microbes will continue as climate engineers long after humans have burned that final barrel of oil,” says author Dave Reay of the University of Edinburgh. “Whether they help us to avoid dangerous climate change in the 21st century or push us even faster towards it depends on just how well we understand them.”
Image courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
