Waterways don’t have actual organs. But Tom Rickey (@trickeyPNNL) makes a convincing case that a river’s edge performs vital cleansing and regulating functions, just like our liver. Tom writes about a recent Nature Communications paper by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists that examines the microbial life in this complex ecological zone. photo: oregonnative
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