Models are the bridge between theory and data. With new omics and other tools being increasing applied to soil carbon cycling, how well are our models making this connection? Schimel 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.108948 concludes that microbial explicit models are still, very much, in the development phase and outlines why this is a hard problem. #SoilCarbonModel #MicrobialEcology #SoilBGC #SoilCarbonCycling #ReviewArticle #SciLit