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Arctic marine fungi sequester carbon — climate models need updating, study finds
A study published in "PLOS Biology" shows that microscopic fungi living in sediments of the Arctic fjord Kongsfjorden on Svalbard play a significant role in sequestering carbon and nitrogen. A team led by geomicrobiologist William Orsi of Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich made the first measurements of amino acid uptake by these fungi. Because marine fungi have been almost entirely excluded from climate models, the findings suggest those models need to be revised.
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