Press & Public Events

Journal of Ecology Blog - January 31 2012

"Biological soil crusts and ecosystem multifunctionality"- Scott Chamberlain

Science Daily - January 16 2012

"Biodiversity enhances ecosystem mutlifunctionality"

Other international press regarding Maestre et al. 2012. Science 335:214-218.

KNAU (Arizona Public Radio) - Mar 21 2012

"The Desert's crusty nursery" - Radio short by Cecile Leblanc

Science Daily - October 13 2013

"Warming will disturb balance of soil nutrients in drylands, make drylands less productive"

Science World Report - November 2 2013

"Plant production declines in drylands as climate shane impacts soil" - Article by Catherine Griffin

Other international press regarding Delgado Bacquerizo et al. 2012. Nature 502: 672-676.

New Scientist Magazine - January 2 2014

"Spray bacteria on the desert to halt its spread" - Article by Hal Hodson

Public Radio International's Living on Earth - February 14 2014

"Using Bacteria to heal the desert" - Interview by Steve Kerwood

Lake Powell News - July 30 2014

"Biological soil crust forum" 

KJZZ (Arizona National Public Radio) - December 11 & 18 2015

 "NAU Ecologist: growing drylands will impact food chain" - Interview by Steve Goldstein

"NAU Scientist: Dry climates diminish microbial diversity" - Interview by Melissa Sevigny

Other international press regarding Maestre et al. 2015. PNAS doi/10.1073/pnas.1516684112

Sierra Magazine - Mar 15 2016

"Restoring arid lands"- Article by Katie Mast

KNAU (Arizona Public Radio) - May 25 2016

"After a fire, pioneer plants" - Radio short by Rose Houk, featuring Chris Ive's research

US Geological Survey - September 2016

Biocrust 3 Press Release by Jenn LaVista

Jenn LaVista interviews Matt Bowker & Sasha Reed

Jenn LaVista interviews Anita Antoninka

Also check out the Biocrust 3 Facebook page, created by Lara Schmidt of NAU's Merriam Powell Center for Environmental Research

Utah Public Radio - October 5 2016

"Don't bust the crust: 150 scientists gather in Moab to discuss the importance of Earth's crusts" - Radio piece by Jon Kovash

KNAU (Arizona Public Radio) - October 27 2016

"Brain food: growing biocrust" - Radio short by Bonnie Stevens

Flagstaff Business News - November 15 2016

"Boosting biocrust" - article by Bonnie Stevens

NAU-TV - November 2016

Inside NAU, Season 11, episode 3 - television short by Bonnie Stevens

Arizona Daily Sun - December 3 2016

"NAU ecologist tends to garden of biocrust" - article by Emery Cowan

NAZ Today - December 8 2016

"NAU students explore biocrust in Utah" - television short by Bonnie Stevens

Science Moab, KZMU (Moab, UT Community Radio) - January 27 2017

"Biocrust restoration and more" - radio piece produced by lab alum Kristina Young featuring interview of Matt Bowker

KNAU (Arizona Public Radio) - February 9, 2017 

Brainfood: "Teaching kids about climate change through biocrust" - radio piece by Bonnie Stevens


Las Vegas Review Journal- May 14, 2017 
"UNLV researcher studies desert's 'living carpet'" - article by Henry Brean

Science Moab, KZMU (Moab, UT Community Radio) - June 1 2018

"Wildfire and moss: the unexpected role of moss in stabilizing soil after fires"- radio piece produced by lab alum Kristina Young featuring interview of current student Henry Grover

Biocrust exhibition, Arboretum at Flagstaff, AZ - 2018 Season

Interpretive display of the makeup and importance of biocrusts, featuring NAU research. Developed by Kris Haskins in collaboration with Anita Antoninka.

Monuments, Sahara West Library, Las Vegas, NV (Opening Reception) - May 3 2018

Photographs of graduate student Lydia Bailey, and technicians Sedona Spann and Michael Sloan conducting field work appeared in this exhibition inspired by the National Monuments of Nevada.

Desert Dwellers, Etched Magazine - April 2018

Photographs of graduate student Lydia Bailey, and technicians Sedona Spann and Michael Sloan conducting field work appeared in this article by Nick Adams featuring his photos.

Science Moab, KZMU (Moab, UT Community Radio) - June 1 2018

"Wildfire and moss: the unexpected role of moss in stabilizing soil after fires"- radio piece produced by lab alum Kristina Young featuring interview of current student Henry Grover