Scientists in Moab are working to understand how climate change will impact desert biocrusts

The loss of biological soil crusts could affect water cycles and desert ecology.

(Zak Podmore | The Salt Lake Tribune) USGS ecologist Sasha Reed explains features of Colorado Plateau biocrusts near Castle Valley on Monday, November 28, 2022.

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Zak PodmoreSoutheast Utah reporter

Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.