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Tiny organisms manage water in the world’s driest places • Earth.com – Earth.com
Scientists at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) are describing how tiny organisms on the surface of soils called biocrusts help conserve water in the world’s driest regions.
Scientists at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) are describing how tiny organisms on the surface of soils called biocrusts help conserve water in the world’s driest regions. Biocrusts are diverse communities of mosses, cyanobacteria, lichens, algae, and microfungi that strongly interact with desert soils.
Collectively, arid regions known as drylands make up the largest biome on the planet. Biological soil crusts, often referred to as the living skin of the Earth, help soil retain water …
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