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Climate Change May Radically Transform Desert Bacteria
2013-06-27 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Climate change may transform the community of microbes that forms the crucial top layer of soil, known as a biocrust, in deserts throughout the United States, new research suggests. The study, published today (June 27) in the journal Science, found that one type of bacteria dominates in warm climates, whereas another is more prevalent in cooler areas. Combined with climate models, the findings suggest that the cold-loving bacteria could completely disappear from their current habitats as the climate...
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