NewsletterJason Hollinger/Flickr The desert’s fragile skin can’t take much more heat Climate change and human activity are destroying the layers of fungi, lichen, and bacteria that protect deserts from erosion.
Politics www.azcentral.com How researchers hope to preserve and restore 'biocrust,' the desert's protective skin Biocrust could prevent dust storms and erosion, even slow wildfires, but it's vulnerable to human activity and, increasingly, climate change.
