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Abstract:
Planet Earth, our blue-green spaceship, is under anthropogenic pressure,
causing long-lasting or even irreversible changes to its passengers and
their habitats. Given the emerging knowledge of how single-cell life
shapes all multicellular life and Earth as a whole, it is important to
consider the microbial roles in the future path of our spaceship. Global
change microbiology is a rapidly growing research field on microbial
responses to global warming, overuse and pollution and on feedback
mechanisms and functions that affect Earth's element cycles and
planetary health. This field will provide essential knowledge for
navigating our spaceship into a sustainable future.
