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<p>This episode: Trends of declining lichen populations and biocrust cover overall match trends of increasing temperatures in Colorado dryland!</p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/bacteriofiles/BF491.mp3">Download Episode</a></span> (6.4 MB, 9.3 minutes)<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Show notes:</span><br /> Microbe of the episode: <a href= "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/vir.0.80182-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cherry chlorotic rusty spot associated partitivirus</a><strong><br /> <br /> Takeaways:</strong><br /> <br /></p> <div>Global climate change is affecting almost every natural system on the planet, in predictable and also sometimes unexpected, complex ways. Microbes perform key roles in many different ecosystems, providing and recycling important nutrients and even macroscopic structure. One example of this is biocrusts in dryland environments, such as areas in the western US with low ...