The map looks off. No way the American Southwest has 3 meters per cm cubed of fungal density in such an arid region. Plenty of desert.
The map looks off. No way the American Southwest has 3 meters per cm cubed of fungal density in such an arid region. Plenty of desert.
Fungi survive in deserts: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22062025/sonoran-desert-s...
The underground in desert regions can be much more humid and hospitable than the surface.
Well South Sudan as highlighted has 8, and thats basically a desert. Tibetan plateau is high altitude frozen desert with permafrost in many parts, and its 11.4.
Maybe there is more complexity than meets the first glance.
South Sudan isn't a desert. Tibet isn't all permafrost and glaciers.