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Biocrusts: The Living Substrate that supports Plant life in Deserts and Drylands

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A ring of twisted moss on mature biological soil crust in Arches National Park , NPS ; CC BY-SA 2.0 , Link As the American West dries out, a secret savior emerges from the soil.  (Amanda HEIDT, SFGate ; August 20, 2026) https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/arches-canyonlands-biocrusts-22384504.php Selected Research Article : What is a biocrust?  A refined contemporary definition for a broadening research community (WEBER et al. , 2022) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/brv.12862
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The Effect of Climate Change on Different Extreme Weather Events

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How do Scientists know if climate change made a heat wave, extreme storm or wildfire worse? (Kevin T. SMILEY, Deepti SINGH, Jennifer MARLON, and Jim HURELL, The Conversation ; July 24, 2026) https://theconversation.com/how-do-scientists-know-if-climate-change-made-a-heat-wave-extreme-storm-or-wildfire-worse-288232 The Science of Extreme Event Attribution - Which Analyzes Climate Change's Influence on Specific Weather Events - Has Advanced, But Challenges Remain News Release, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine; July 15, 2026) https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/the-science-of-extreme-event-attribution-which-analyzes-climate-change-s-influence-on-specific-weather-events-has-advanced-but-challenges-remain Featured Report: Attribution of Extreme Weather and Climate Events and Their Impacts 2026 (NAS Consensus Study Report, July 15, 2026) https://www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DELS-BASCPR-23-02
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31 New Deep Sea Species Discovered off the Coast of Brazil

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(Press Release, SCHMIDT Ocean Institute ; June 2, 2026) https://sites.google.com/schmidtocean.org/31-new-species-discovered/ Website: SCHMIDT Ocean Institute https://schmidtocean.org/
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Titan: Saturn's Largest Satellite, and its Organic Atmosphere

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  Titan's Organic World (BATZ DE TREQUELLÉON, 2026) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72264-4
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Newly Discovered Evidence of Ancient Oceans on Mars

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Shelf detecting using Geomorphons function  (ZAKI and LAMB, 2026) " Bathtub Ring" is New Evidence for an Ancient Ocean on Mars (Lori DAJOSE, Caltech ; April 15, 2026) https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/bathtub-ring-is-new-evidence-for-an-ancient-ocean-on-mars Featured Research Article: Identifying the topographic signature of early Martian oceans (ZAKI and LAMB, 2026) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10381-2 Reconstruction Map of a possible shallow ocean on Mars (2019) , D A R C 12345 ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link
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