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How researchers hope to preserve and restore ‘biocrust,’ the desert’s protective skin

By Hallie Mahowald | December 8, 2020

Biocrust could prevent dust storms and erosion, even slow wildfires, but it’s vulnerable to human activity and, increasingly, climate change.

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