The devastation caused by record-breaking extreme weather events in 2023 and 2024 shows the human costs of a failure to curb greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to rapidly growing hazards. In 2023, annual global mean surface temperature broke all records, reaching 1·45°C above pre-industrial times; this 12-month record has also been breached again since then. Rapid attribution studies identified the influe...
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Microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, and protists, are essential to life on Earth and the functioning of the biosphere. Here, we discuss the key roles of microorganisms in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), highlighting recent and emerging advances in microbial research and technology that can facilitate our transition toward a sustainable future. Gi...
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Microbial technologies constitute a huge and unique potential for confronting major humanitarian and biosphere challenges, especially in the realms of sustainability and providing basic goods and services where they are needed and particularly in low-resource settings. These technologies are evolving rapidly. Powerful approaches are being developed to create novel products, processes, and circular economie...
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