A Climate-Driven Decline of Tiny Dryland Lichens Could Have Big Global Impacts

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By Katelyn WeisbrodMay 2, 2022, 9:00 am237 pts
A study at Canyonlands National Park shows threats to soil crusts that hold the desert in place. When they crumble, it speeds erosion, diminishes snowpack and spreads disease. By Bob Berwyn Lichens that help hold together soil crusts in arid lands around the world are dying off as the climate warms, new…

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