Nitrogen Cycles and Non-CO₂ Greenhouse Gases in Terrestrial Ecosystem: Microbial Process, Mechanisms, and New Strategies

Global temperatures have risen mainly as a result of continuously intensifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions levels over the past century. The climate is predicted to continually change with weather patterns becoming more erratic and extreme. In terrestrial ecosystems, microbes play a major role in the generation and consumption of greenhouse gases, which are mainly such as CO₂, methane (CH₄), and nitrous oxide (N₂O). Since the carbon cycles around CO₂ have been extensively investigated, microbial processes, mechanisms, and effects of the nitrogen cycles and the other non-CO₂ greenhouse gases need to be more explored.

In this Research Topic, we would like to explore the critical roles of microorganisms in terrestrial ecosystems, especially the new insights into the relations between microbes, N₂O, and CH₄, as well as new ways of mitigating greenhouse gases other than CO₂. This Research Topic will contribute to the future control and regulation of non-CO₂ greenhouse gases in different ecosystems.

We invite researchers to submit Original Research articles, Reviews, Methods, Perspectives, Mini-Reviews, and Opinions on microbial communities involved in Nitrogen cycles and Non-CO₂ greenhouse gases in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Subtopics include, but are not limited to:

(1) Microbial processes and dominant species in the production and consumption of non-CO₂ greenhouse gases
(2) New strategies and biotechnologies in mitigating the non-CO₂ greenhouse gases
(3) Microbial and ecological responses to climate change