Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the result can shift mountain grasslands to scrub
- Written by Stephanie Kivlin, Associate Professor of Ecology, University of Tennessee
Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil.Seogi/500px via Getty ImagesWhen you look out across a snowy winter landscape, it might seem like nature is fast asleep. Yet, under the surface, tiny organisms are hard at work, consuming the previous year’s dead plant material and...