Release Date: 2024-05-31

Understanding Permafrost Behavior in a Warming World: Effects on Atmospheric Shifts, Disease Outbreaks, and Environmental Implications

Release Date: 2024-05-31

Permafrost, or permafrost, consists of soil, rock, and sedimentary materials frozen in regions below 0°C for at least two consecutive years. Permafrost areas are fascinating with their microbial load. The sub-zero atmospheres of these areas allow microorganisms to maintain their viability for years or even centuries. Climate change indicates a serious risk of melting in [...]

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    Work TypeBook Chapter
    Published inEcological Dynamics in the Face of Climate Change
    First Page25
    Last Page42
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.69860/nobel.9786053359258.2
    Page Count18
    Copyright HolderNobel Tıp Kitabevleri
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    Permafrost, or permafrost, consists of soil, rock, and sedimentary materials frozen in regions below 0°C for at least two consecutive years. Permafrost areas are fascinating with their microbial load. The sub-zero atmospheres of these areas allow microorganisms to maintain their viability for years or even centuries. Climate change indicates a serious risk of melting in the Arctic and other permafrost regions. Due to their microbial load-induced metabolic activities, melting permafrost can increase the release of greenhouse gases and disrupt the environmental balance. Microbial load is essential not only for the release of carbon gases but also for the increase of microbial-borne diseases. It is known that apparent microbial and vector-borne diseases have increased in the Arctic region.The melting of permafrost areas due to atmospheric warming, which in turn exposes new soils and microorganisms, has the potential to trigger significant changes in the biosphere.

    Elif Ozlem Arslan Aydogdu (Author)
    Assistant Professor, Istanbul Universty
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1294-7376
    3Elif Özlem Arslan Aydoğdu is a Assistant Professor in the Department of Fundamental and Industrial Microbiology at Istanbul University. She obtained her doctorate at Istanbul University in 2012, focusing on antimicrobial agents. Her research interests include bioremediation, antimicrobial activities of bacteria, microbial ecology,immunology and biotechnology.

    Gulnihan Selim (Author)
    Research Assistant, Istanbul Universty
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0644-0061
    3Gülnihan Selim is a Research Assistant in the Fundamental and Industrial Microbiology at Istanbul University. She completed her MSc at the same department about antibacterial activity of Actinomycetes bacteria. She is a PhD student in the same department. Her research interests include marine microbiology, antimicrobial activity of microorganisms, microbial ecology and biotechnology.

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