Biocrusts form a critical living layer on barren desert, preventing ruinous dust storms and anchoring plants. Scientists are trying to grow the complex systems and transplant them.
Three Miami-Dade projects aiming to make the region more resilient to climate change got a brainstorming boost in a three-day workshop by Columbia University’s Center for Resilient Cities and Landscape’s Resiliency Accelerator.
The challenge, which is being funded by local governments and the Rockefeller Foundation, is modeled on New York and New Jersey's rebuilding effort after Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
