Microbiome- and Macrobiome-Enhanced Weathering for Carbon Capture and Climate Mitigation
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 9
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Interests: biomass production and processing; biofuels; bioenhanced biofuel production; microbial processes for biofuel production
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Dear Colleagues,
Microbiomes and macrobiomes have been involved in transforming the Earth’s ecosystem since the beginning. Their role in maintaining nutrient cycling and renewal of organic and mineral resources in terrestrial environments is undervalued. Although less well-known, microbes play a key role in soil carbon capture. These carbon species vary based on several environmental and biogeochemical parameters. Biotic-enhanced weathering is an accelerated process in which the natural process of rock weathering is promoted by the aid of the physical and metabolic activities of bacteria, fungi, earthworms, etc., to sequester carbon dioxide into stable forms of carbon. The mechanisms of biotic influencers in this process have not yet been fully decoded. Furthermore, the impacts of weathering product discharge in terrestrial and aquatic environments remain to be explored. Thus, enhanced rock weathering is a promising niche area with carbon capture potential in the range of Gigatons. A significant research opportunity is presented to determine biotic potentials that can assist with enhanced rock weathering for carbon drawdown and mitigating carbon change.
Dr. Abhijeet Singh
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbiome
- carbon capture
- climate mitigation
- biogeochemical
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