NSF award 2540905 · Pennsylvania State Univ University Park

CAREER: Breaking Ground: Uncovering the Fate of Biocrust Microbiome in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands

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Award number: 2540905
Period of support: 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2031
Amount: $1,648,028
Awardee: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park, University Park, PA
Program: Org Interaction & Ecology
Directorate: BIO

Abstract

Arid and semi-arid lands cover a large fraction of Earth’s surface and support the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. Many of these landscapes are changing. A critical, but often overlooked, component of healthy drylands is biological soil crusts (“biocrusts”), thin, living soils formed by communities of microorganisms. Biocrusts stabilize soil, support nutrient cycling, and regulate dust emissions,…

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