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ArticlemBio2023

Microbiology and Climate Change: a Transdisciplinary Imperative.

J T Lennon, S D W Frost, N K Nguyen, A L Peralta, A R Place, K K Treseder

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Article in mBio, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

J T LennonIndiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3126-6111
S D W FrostMicrosoft Health Futures, Redmond, Washington, USA.
N K NguyenAmerican Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, USA.
A L PeraltaEast Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9150-9181
A R PlaceUniversity of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
K K TresederUniversity of California Irvine, California, USA.
American Society for Microbiology · USEast Carolina University · USIndiana University Bloomington · USMicrosoft (United States) · USUniversity of California, Irvine · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change is a complex problem involving nonlinearities and feedback that operate across scales. No single discipline or way of thinking can effectively address the climate crisis. Teams of natural scientists, social scientists, engineers, economists, and policymakers must work together to understand, predict, and mitigate the rapidly accelerating impacts of climate change. Transdisciplinary approaches are urgently needed to address the role that microorganisms play in climate change. Here, we demonstrate with case studies how diverse teams and perspectives provide climate-change insight related to the range expansion of emerging fungal pathogens, technological solutions for harmful cyanobacterial blooms, and the prediction of disease-causing microorganisms and their vector populations using massive networks of monitoring stations. To serve as valuable members of a transdisciplinary climate research team, microbiologists must reach beyond the boundaries of their immediate areas of scientific expertise and engage in efforts to build open-minded teams aimed at scalable technologies and adoptable policies.

Indexed as

Climate ChangePolicyTechnologybiodiversityclimate changeglobal changeindustryinfectious diseaseinterdisciplinarymicrobial ecologypolicytransdisciplinary

Identifiers

PMID36723077
PMCPMC9973284
OpenAlexW4318754991

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