Restoring the skin of the desert

26/02/2018 17 min
Restoring the skin of the desert

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Episode Synopsis

In the deserts, the soil surface is alive. The soil is covered with lichens, mosses, cyanobacteria, algae, fungi and other microorganisms that together are called biological soil crusts. Here, we talk with Dr. Matthew Bowker who studies these cryptic communities and works to put them back into the landscape.