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desert’s fragile cryptobiotic soil deteriorating

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.
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Saguaro cactuses are under threat because of climate change
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Saguaro cactuses are under threat because of climate change

A warming world means the invasive buffelgrass — a danger to the cactus — is thriving.
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