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Aerial view created of a forest with lidar—with trees artificially colored in many colors—as well as buildings and open spaces in part of Yosemite National Park
Posted inFeatures

A Lidar’s-Eye View of How Forests Are Faring

by Van R. Kane, Liz Van Wagtendonk and Andrew Brenner 29 April 20223 May 2022

Success in Yosemite is driving the wider use of lidar surveys to support forest health and wildfire resilience, study wildlife habitats, and monitor water resources.

A dog sits next to a backpack on a dirt road in a desert landscape.
Posted inFeatures

Incredible Journeys on the Crown of the Continent

by Mary Caperton Morton 15 April 202215 April 2022

Living in Geologic Time: The making, breaking, and backpacking of North America’s Continental Divide.

In the humid highlands of San Cristóbal Island, researchers take soil samples from a pit.
Posted inNews

The Galápagos Islands: The Ultimate Outdoor Soil Science Laboratory

by DJ McCauley 28 March 202228 March 2022

A new study has spurred further research into the impacts of soil formation on modern-day problems like heavy metal contamination in agricultural soils.

Biocrust in Australia’s Diamantina National Park
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Biological Crusts Affected by Drought Can Still Stabilize Soils

by Terri Cook 17 March 202217 March 2022

Results of in situ experiments on natural microbial communities suggest that biological crusts can protect soils from erosion, but their protective role could be compromised under predicted future climate scenarios.

An image of Yellowstone’s Imperial Geyser.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Fresh View of Microbial Life in Yellowstone’s Hot Springs

by Aaron Sidder 25 February 202225 February 2022

Research on the habitat ranges of microorganisms in Yellowstone’s hot springs reveals an overlap between cyanobacteria and algae.

Yellow and orange swirls color a chunk of Navajo sandstone in Grand Staircase.
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When Climate Ruled the Dinosaurs of Grand Staircase

by Mary Caperton Morton 30 December 202115 April 2022

Living in Geologic Time: Navigate the prolific boneyards and shifting boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments.

Four backpackers look down the Yellowstone River where it flows through the Black Canyon.
Posted inFeatures

Don’t Call It a Supervolcano

by Mary Caperton Morton 6 August 202122 December 2021

Living in Geologic Time: Scientists dismantle the myths of Yellowstone.

Four photographs of Big Cypress National Preserve of South Florida.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A New Model for Self-Organized Pattern Formation

by T. A. J. F. Hoitink 1 July 202111 February 2022

Scale-dependent feedbacks in time, rather than in space, result in a new type of competition, explaining the regularly patterned landscape of Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida.

A rhododendron bush blooms pink flowers in front of the New River Gorge.
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The New River Gorge: Ancient River, Old Mines, New National Park

by Mary Caperton Morton 11 March 202129 September 2021

Living in Geologic Time: Regrowth and resiliency bring new accolades to one of the world’s oldest rivers.

Small conifers grow along the edge of an open grassy meadow along the John Muir Trail.
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Traversing the High Sierra on the People’s Paths

by Mary Caperton Morton 2 November 202029 September 2021

Living in Geologic Time: Backpacking through the past, present, and future of fire on the John Muir Trail.

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