Two-million-year-old microbial communities from the Kap Kobenhavn Formation in North Greenland
A. Fernandez-Guerra, L. Wörmer, G. Borrel, T. O. Delmont, B. Elberling, M. Elvert, A. M. Eren, S. Gribaldo, A. Jochheim, R. A. Henriksen, K.-U. Hinrichs, T. S. Korneliussen, M. Krupovic, N. K. Larsen, R. Laso-Perez, , E. Willerslev
This paper reconstructs microbial communities from 2-million-year-old permafrost in Greenland, finding similarities to modern thawing permafrost microbes and suggesting microbial communities may signal climate change impacts before plants and animals.
bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology