• Biocrusts

    by Me­chas — Have you ever heard of biocrusts? If not, you are not alone. I only stum­bled upon this term re­cently and was sur­prised to find that it rep­re­sents a grow­ing field of re­search on what ap­pear to be frag­ile, sur­face soil com­mu­ni­ties that are just the op­po­site. Biocrusts are in­cred­i­bly re­silient to in­hos­pitable con­di­tions.

  • Trial by Fire

    by Roberto — If per chance you hear the phrase "press dis­tur­bance" you might con­jure up im­ages of chaotic news me­dia. What with all the dis­turb­ing re­ports of fake news go­ing around these days, who could blame you? At least, that was my first re­ac­tion when con­fronted with the term "press dis­tur­bance." But worry not reader, this post will...