New York Times: Last year, Michael SanClements, an ecologist affiliated with the Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research at the University of Colorado, sent a Dot Earth “Postcard” about a project studying soil microbes in Antarctica. Here`s a fresh contribution from SanClements, along with colleague Jeff Taylor, from the other end of the planet – Alaska`s Arctic tundra.
They are both staff scientists with the National Ecological Observatory Network, an initiative supported by the National Science Foundation…