By IDSE News Staff
A University of Kansas (KU) geologist’s work in the remote High Arctic of Norway has exposed the startling global spread of antibiotic-resistant organisms, including multidrug-resistant superbugs, which could have dire implications for human health globally.
Jennifer Roberts, PhD, a professor and the chair of geology at KU in Lawrence, began by investigating the microbial geochemistry of thawing permafrost and its release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that speeds