As Andean glacier retreats, tiny life forms swiftly move in, study shows

A University of Colorado at Boulder team working at 16,400 feet in the Peruvian Andes has discovered how barren soils uncovered by retreating glacier ice can swiftly establish a thriving community of microbes, setting the table for lichens, mosses and alpine plants.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news140096935.html">As Andean glacier retreats, tiny life forms swiftly move in, study shows</a></p> <p>A University of Colorado at Boulder team working at 16,400 feet in the Peruvian Andes has discovered how barren soils uncovered by retreating glacier ice can swiftly establish a thriving community of microbes, setting the table for lichens, mosses and alpine plants.</p>