After 333 features in the format started in 2011, it is getting harder to find an issue / field that I haven't covered yet, but oases in the desert were one, until now. (I think I did something on the island biogeography of sea floor "oases" at one point.) A new paper attempting to compile a global atlas of oases provided the inspiration to plug this gap.
My own experience of desert oases is limited to a visit to Algeria back in the last century, including a stay at El Oued, an oasis town in the Sahara. Thus I learned a lot about the amazing cultural history of oases around the globe, which have supported all kinds of travel routes including the Silk Road.
So here comes my very first feature on desert oases:
Islands of life
Current Biology Volume 35, Issue 7, 7 April 2025, Pages R237-R239
Restricted access to full text and PDF download
(will become open access one year after publication)
Magic link for free access
(first seven weeks only) (NB I noticed that the magic link doesn't seem to work on my chromebook right now, although it does work on a windows pc using firefox. I seem to be the only person having that problem so far, but do let me know if anybody else has difficulty accessing it.)
See also my new Mastodon thread where I will highlight all this year's CB features.
My mastodon posts are also mirrored on Bluesky (starting 22.2.2025), but for this purpose I have to post them again, outside of the thread. (I think threads only transfer if the first post was transferred, so once I start a new thread it should work.)
Last year's thread is here .
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