After a Glacier Retreats, Plants Thrive Thanks to Phosphorus
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High in the Peruvian Andes, Puca glacier is receding and exposing lifeless, rock-covered land in its wake, like other glaciers…
High in the Peruvian Andes, Puca glacier is receding and exposing lifeless, rock-covered land in its wake, like other glaciers…
When glaciers recede, or shrink in size, they often leave behind a Mars-like landscape: rocky, barren, and inhospitable to life.
The study, which was recently published in the journal Science Advances, found that even in mountainous terrain above 17,000…
The Puca Glacier in Peru, named for the red color of the rocks on its eastern moraine. Photo: John Darcy / University of…