Author: Ecological Society of America via EurekAlert!

  • Distant volcanic eruptions foster saguaro cacti baby booms

    One hundred and thirty years ago, the volcano Krakatoa erupted in what is now Indonesia, unleashing a cataclysm locally and years of cool temperatures and rain globally. On the far side of the world, a bumper crop of saguaro cacti were getting their start in life in Arizona's Sonoran Desert. Many of the large exemplars…