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Lichens Slow to Return After Wildfire

Science & Climate

Lichens Slow to Return After Wildfire. Frequent Fire Narrows Recovery Window for Lichens in Chaparral Shrublands. Lichen communities may take decades — and in some cases up to a century — to fully return to chaparral ecosystems after wildfire, finds a study from the University of California, Davis, and Stanford University.

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12 exotic bacteria found to passively collect rare earth elements from wastewater

Frontiers

They were sampled from highly specialized habitats such as arid soils in Namibian deserts, the surface of lichens around the world, natron lakes in Chad, crevices in rocks in South Africa, or polluted brooks in Switzerland. Most of these strains had never been assessed for their biotechnological potential before.

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Hightlighting Biodiversity: Familiar Flora in Newfoundland and Labrador

Academy of Natural Sciences

Armed with guidebooks, local floras and “The Shipping News,” the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by E. Annie Proulx wrote “The Shipping News” in St. These impenetrable woods create shady environments, perfect for the growth of many species of moss and lichens — food for the native woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou ).

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Solar Development: Super Bloom or Super Bust for Desert Species?

Science & Climate

Kat Kerlin, UC Davis News and Media Relations, 530-750-9195, kekerlin@ucdavis.edu . Next Article: Lichens Slow to Return After Wildfire → The post Solar Development: Super Bloom or Super Bust for Desert Species? Media Resources. Press kit of images. .