News Sep 09, 2008

As Andean Glacier Retreats, Tiny Lifeforms Swiftly Move In

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A University of Colorado at Boulder team working at 16,400 feet in the Peruvian Andes has discovered how barren soils uncovered by retreating glacier ice can swiftly establish a thriving community of microbes, setting the table for lichens, mosses and alpine plants.

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