News related to our PNAS article


We have recenlty published in PNAS the article “Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands”, led by Fernando T. Maestre. This article, which results from the research we have carried out in the framework of the BIOCOM project, is being disseminated by newspapers, blogs and scientific news outlets. This is a collaboration with the members of the EPES-BIOCOM network and with the group of Prof. Brajesh Singh from the University of Western Sydney, where Fernando conducted a research stay between February and May 2015. Below we compile the different press releases and news that have been published and that mention this article. We will be updating this entry as new news item are being published. 

Press Releases
News in newspapers and webpages/interviews

Spain and Latin America (in Spanish)

Rest of the world (in English)

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