Colorado River Basin (IMAGE)

Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

Colorado River Basin

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A new study uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that explains why microbes sometimes fail to break down buried plant and animal matter. Above, the field site in the floodplains in the upper Colorado River Basin where soil samples were taken.

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Credit: John Bargar

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