Barren Deserts Can Host Complex Ecosystems in Their Soils
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 28, 2014 - "Biological soil crusts" don't look like much. In fact, people often trample right over these dark, or green-tinted, sometimes raised patches in the desert soil. But these scruffy stretches can house delicate ecosystems as varied and complexly interwoven as that of a lush, tropical rainforest. Life forms including bacteria, algae, fungi and lichens, as well as plants such as mosses and liv ... more
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