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The planet is shifting Deserts have a biocrust that acts like our skin. The “skin” of the desert soils is “essential to life in dry places.” This “biocrust” is a mixture of fungi, blue-green algae, lichens, mosses, and a variety of other microbes. All together, these microorganisms keep water and create food for themselves and More

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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Evaggelos Vallianatos.

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