Microbial Life in the Cryosphere and Its Feedback on Global Change

by Susanne Liebner

The cryosphere stands for environments where water appears in a frozen form. It includes permafrost, glaciers, ice sheets, and sea ice and is currently more affected by Global Change than most other regions of the Earth. In the cryosphere, limited water availability and subzero temperatures cause extreme conditions for all kind of life which microorganisms can cope with extremely well. The cryosphere's microbiota displays an unexpectedly large...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110496453
• ISBN13: 9783110496451
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.6"