Biocrusts: Earth’s history, but from the ground perspective
digital paintings, 2014
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February 18, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Biocrusts: Earth’s history, but from the ground perspective
digital paintings, 2014
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digital paintings, 2014
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Allowing thin layers of moss, lichen, and biocrusts to form all over me to slow down the erosion.
December 23, 2023 at 1:26 AM
Allowing thin layers of moss, lichen, and biocrusts to form all over me to slow down the erosion.
Field work + dust storm = trauma bonding 🥲🫂 and lichens! 🤩🤗
#Chihuahuan #Desert #biocrusts #dryland #microbes
#Chihuahuan #Desert #biocrusts #dryland #microbes
March 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Field work + dust storm = trauma bonding 🥲🫂 and lichens! 🤩🤗
#Chihuahuan #Desert #biocrusts #dryland #microbes
#Chihuahuan #Desert #biocrusts #dryland #microbes
Biological soil crusts are incredible soil stabilizers, creating complex structures when intertwined with sand particles. Nature’s engineering at its finest! #Biocrusts #SoilStabilization #Drylands
January 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Biological soil crusts are incredible soil stabilizers, creating complex structures when intertwined with sand particles. Nature’s engineering at its finest! #Biocrusts #SoilStabilization #Drylands
Hi, Bluesky!
I am an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University.
based in #FortCollins, CO studying #drylands and #restoration with a focus on #plantecology, #biocrusts, #functionaltraits, and #rangelandecology.
I'm excited to connect about science here!
I am an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University.
based in #FortCollins, CO studying #drylands and #restoration with a focus on #plantecology, #biocrusts, #functionaltraits, and #rangelandecology.
I'm excited to connect about science here!
June 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hi, Bluesky!
I am an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University.
based in #FortCollins, CO studying #drylands and #restoration with a focus on #plantecology, #biocrusts, #functionaltraits, and #rangelandecology.
I'm excited to connect about science here!
I am an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University.
based in #FortCollins, CO studying #drylands and #restoration with a focus on #plantecology, #biocrusts, #functionaltraits, and #rangelandecology.
I'm excited to connect about science here!
"During the three-year study, photovoltaic panels promoted biocrust formation, doubling biocrust biomass and tripling biocrust cover compared with open areas with similar soil characteristics."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Using solar farms as a platform for the ecological restoration of arid soils - Nature Sustainability
Biocrusts are crucial for soil health and sustainability in arid lands; however, human activities are degrading these biocrusts. This study explores the use of solar farms for a low-cost, low-impact a...
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December 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
"During the three-year study, photovoltaic panels promoted biocrust formation, doubling biocrust biomass and tripling biocrust cover compared with open areas with similar soil characteristics."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Moss and #Biocrusts sampled! Happy moss happy team! Next step: lichens?!
October 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#Moss and #Biocrusts sampled! Happy moss happy team! Next step: lichens?!
New paper out from the Cheeke Lab led by @raeberner.bsky.social with @balachaudhary.bsky.social & Geoff Zahn. Congrats Rae!
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Annual grass invasion is associated with differences in the community structure and abundance of biocrusts and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Abstract. Interactions between biocrusts and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi may increase plant resilience to environmental stress in native grasslands.
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July 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New paper out from the Cheeke Lab led by @raeberner.bsky.social with @balachaudhary.bsky.social & Geoff Zahn. Congrats Rae!
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Biofilms, biocrusts how about biosecond pair of pants
August 9, 2023 at 2:32 PM
Biofilms, biocrusts how about biosecond pair of pants
The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts
#TansleyReview by Wang et al.
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#plantscience
#TansleyReview by Wang et al.
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#plantscience
April 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts
#TansleyReview by Wang et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
#TansleyReview by Wang et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
Biological Soil Crusts (Biocrusts)
YouTube video by Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
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December 12, 2024 at 10:26 PM
We had a fun couple days sampling biocrusts last week! I'm not the best at lichen ID but I believe this is Psora crenata.
February 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We had a fun couple days sampling biocrusts last week! I'm not the best at lichen ID but I believe this is Psora crenata.
#TansleyReview: The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts
Wang et al.
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#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Wang et al.
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#LatestIssue #PlantScience
June 5, 2026 at 6:35 AM
#TansleyReview: The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts
Wang et al.
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Wang et al.
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#LatestIssue #PlantScience
For more info:
The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts. doi: 10.1111/nph.71189
Desert geophytes under dew and fog: The “curly-whirlies” of Namaqualand (South Africa). doi:10.1016/j.flora.2010.01.006
📷: Hesperocallis undulata Laura Camp ccbync2 #fog #Botany 🌾🧪
The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts. doi: 10.1111/nph.71189
Desert geophytes under dew and fog: The “curly-whirlies” of Namaqualand (South Africa). doi:10.1016/j.flora.2010.01.006
📷: Hesperocallis undulata Laura Camp ccbync2 #fog #Botany 🌾🧪
May 30, 2026 at 11:04 AM
🌍 Investigating Climate Change Effects on Alpine Biocrusts ❄️🌱
How do alpine biocrusts respond to rising temperatures and changing snow conditions?
How do alpine biocrusts respond to rising temperatures and changing snow conditions?
February 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🌍 Investigating Climate Change Effects on Alpine Biocrusts ❄️🌱
How do alpine biocrusts respond to rising temperatures and changing snow conditions?
How do alpine biocrusts respond to rising temperatures and changing snow conditions?
Biocrust ecologist @kristinayoung.bsky.social joined the party to talk about biocrusts and I’m pretty sure she’s going to be the prairie biocrust lady because we saw lots of them!!! 🧪
July 12, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Biocrust ecologist @kristinayoung.bsky.social joined the party to talk about biocrusts and I’m pretty sure she’s going to be the prairie biocrust lady because we saw lots of them!!! 🧪
🌵✨ When we say biocrusts are "the coral reefs of the desert," we mean it—just look at these vibrant colors! 🟠🟡🔵🔴 They're also reef-like in their roles stabilizing soil, reducing erosion, retaining moisture, and fixing nitrogen 🌿
January 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🌵✨ When we say biocrusts are "the coral reefs of the desert," we mean it—just look at these vibrant colors! 🟠🟡🔵🔴 They're also reef-like in their roles stabilizing soil, reducing erosion, retaining moisture, and fixing nitrogen 🌿
Biocrusts—tiny communities of fungi, bacteria, and algae on dryland soils—have fascinated scientists for decades A new review in @cambridgeup.bsky.social #CPDrylands by Rosentreter & Eldridge explores key trends in biocrust research in North America doi.org/10.1017/dry....
April 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Biocrusts—tiny communities of fungi, bacteria, and algae on dryland soils—have fascinated scientists for decades A new review in @cambridgeup.bsky.social #CPDrylands by Rosentreter & Eldridge explores key trends in biocrust research in North America doi.org/10.1017/dry....
Spotted: Stunning hoar frost crystals crowning the biocrust! With these persistently wet conditions, there’s likely significant CO2 uptake happening within these photosynthetic primary producers 🌿✨ #Biocrusts #Ecology #Drylands
December 9, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Spotted: Stunning hoar frost crystals crowning the biocrust! With these persistently wet conditions, there’s likely significant CO2 uptake happening within these photosynthetic primary producers 🌿✨ #Biocrusts #Ecology #Drylands
📢 🦠 🏜️ Meet the first cultured methanogens from oxic soils! Using cultivation and comparative genomics, we descirbe Methanobacterium limanense sp. nov., Methanocella ebodanensis sp. nov., and a strain of Methanosarcina mazei as dwellers of desert biocrusts.
With @anne-daebeler.bsky.social and other
With @anne-daebeler.bsky.social and other
September 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📢 🦠 🏜️ Meet the first cultured methanogens from oxic soils! Using cultivation and comparative genomics, we descirbe Methanobacterium limanense sp. nov., Methanocella ebodanensis sp. nov., and a strain of Methanosarcina mazei as dwellers of desert biocrusts.
With @anne-daebeler.bsky.social and other
With @anne-daebeler.bsky.social and other
With so much weighing on the scientific community right now, I find solace in the resilience of the natural world—like these beautiful biocrusts continually holding the desert together.
March 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
With so much weighing on the scientific community right now, I find solace in the resilience of the natural world—like these beautiful biocrusts continually holding the desert together.
Why Atacama Desert biocrusts offer a promising, sustainable biotechnological tool for future space agriculture.
By Molina-Montenegro, Reyes, and Atala
Read more in our Journal #PlantBiology @Wileyplantsci #PlantSci DOI: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
By Molina-Montenegro, Reyes, and Atala
Read more in our Journal #PlantBiology @Wileyplantsci #PlantSci DOI: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
Biocrusts improve the performance of crop species under simulated space conditions
Atacama Desert biocrusts significantly enhanced germination, survival, stress tolerance and nutritional quality in plants cultivated under simulated exoplanetary conditions. Atacama Desert biocrusts ....
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August 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Why Atacama Desert biocrusts offer a promising, sustainable biotechnological tool for future space agriculture.
By Molina-Montenegro, Reyes, and Atala
Read more in our Journal #PlantBiology @Wileyplantsci #PlantSci DOI: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
By Molina-Montenegro, Reyes, and Atala
Read more in our Journal #PlantBiology @Wileyplantsci #PlantSci DOI: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
Happy to share an excellent study on the self-organized spatial patterns of biocrusts. Biocrusts make a difference. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
July 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Happy to share an excellent study on the self-organized spatial patterns of biocrusts. Biocrusts make a difference. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
📰Published📰Who gets the rain? How tiny biocrusts control the survival of dryland grasses under drought🌧️
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Who gets the rain? How tiny biocrusts control the survival of dryland grasses under drought
Haoran Luo, Jiamin Shi, Qianhai Ye, Siqing Wang, Li Ma, Yali Ma, Linjie Qiao, Renyi Zhang, Yunyao Ma, Hao Wang, Xiaobo Yuan, Chao Song, Changming Zhao, Ning Chen This is a plain language summary of…
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📰Published📰Who gets the rain? How tiny biocrusts control the survival of dryland grasses under drought🌧️
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