That above-average snowpack has an enemy: Out-of-state dust
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The story Susan Behery tells about dust blowing into Colorado from New Mexico and Arizona sounds almost Biblical, like cows…
Scientists in Moab are working to understand how climate change will affect desert biocrusts - Internet Cloning
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Moab • The sandstone spiers near Castle Valley shone as a few rays of evening light sliced through the clouds, but Sasha Reed’s…
Scientists in Moab are working to understand how climate change will impact desert biocrusts
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The loss of biological soil crusts could affect water cycles and desert ecology.
A Climate-Driven Decline of Tiny Dryland Lichens Could Have Big Global Impacts
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Lichens that help hold together soil crusts in arid lands around the world are dying off as the climate warms, new research…