Soil Bacterial Responses to a Thawing Arctic: A Microbial Awakening Soil Bacterial Responses to a Thawing Arctic: A Microbial Awakening Arctic soils hold a substantial portion of the global carbon pool because cold temperatures have limited microbial decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM) and carbon mineralization for millennia. Yet, warming is occurring much faster in … Continue reading Soil Bacterial Responses to a Thawing Arctic: A Microbial Awakening