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RESEARCH ARTICLE

The Microbiologists’ Warning: a Warning from All Microbiologists’ to Humanity

Rick Cavicchioli

Microbiology Australia 40(3) 99-99 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA19043
Published: 17 September 2019

Abstract

The Microbiologists’ Warning is a Consensus Statement proclaiming that microorganisms are so critical to achieving an environmentally sustainable future that ignoring them risks the fate of Humanity. It aims to raise awareness of the microbial world and make a call to action for microbiologists to become increasingly engaged in, and microbial research to become increasingly infused into, the frameworks for addressing climate change. We must learn not just how microorganisms affect climate change (including production and consumption of greenhouse gases), but also how they will be affected by climate change and other human activities.