Journal Article
Harnessing Microbes to Weather Native Silicates in Agricultural Soils for Scalable Carbon Dioxide Removal
Tania Timmermann; Christopher Yip; Yun‐Ya Yang; Kimberly A. Wemmer; Anupam Chowdhury; Daniel Dores; Taichi Takayama; Sharon Nademanee; Bjorn A. Traag; Kazem Zamanian; Bernardo González; Daniel O. Breecker; Noah Fierer; Eric W. Slessarev; Gonzalo A. Fuenzalida‐Meriz
Global Change Biology · Vol. 31, Issue 5 · 2025
Abstract
Anthropogenic carbon emissions contribute significantly to the greenhouse effect, resulting in global warming and climate change. Thus, addressing this critical issue requires innovative and comprehensive solutions. Silicate weathering moderates atmospheric CO 2 levels over geological time, but it occurs too slowly to counteract anthropogenic emissions effectively. Here, we show that the microorganism Bacillus subtilis strain MP1 promotes silicate weathering across different experimental setups with various levels of complexity. First, we found that MP1 was able to form a robust biofilm in the presence of feldspar and significantly increased ( p p