Twentynine years of warming linked to soil fungi shift in Colorado plots
Mar 08, 2026
Long-term ecosystem warming changes not only plants but the fungi in the soil below, according to a new study including researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. "Hidden mycorrhizal fungi below ground are much more vulnerable to warming winters than we expected before," said Associat
e Professor Stephanie Kivlin from UT's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, senior author on a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ...read more read less