Glacier foreland ecology encompasses the study of newly exposed terrains resulting from glacier retreat and the ensuing processes of primary succession. As glaciers recede under the influence of ...
When life colonizes a new, previously barren landscape, it starts up the process of primary succession. In this process, the first biological organisms—simple microbes—expand into interacting ...
The Biosphere 2 facility, specifically its Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO), serves as a research platform to investigate how life transforms landscapes, ranging from local environments to ...