News Headline
Climate change is killing off soil organisms critical for some of Earth’s ecosystems
Source
Science (AAAS)
Publication Date
2022-04-12
Just as our skin is key to our well-being, the “skin” covering desert soils is essential to life in dry places. This “biocrust,” made up of fungi, lichens, mosses, blue-green algae, and other microbes, retains water and produces nutrients that other organisms can use. Now, new research shows climate change is destroying the integrity of this skin.