image: Tree roots splitting a schist boulder. Roots breaking up rock contribute to the high rates of soil production in the western Southern Alps. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 16, 2014, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The paper, by Isaac Larsen at University of Washington in Seattle, Wash., and colleagues was titled, "Rapid Soil Production and Weathering in the Western Alps, New Zealand." view more
Credit: [Image courtesy of Isaac Larsen]