Threatened pools in Mexican desert hold clues to early life

Agriculture has threatened an area holding an exceptional array of microbes

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Watch the documentary by filmmaker David Jaramillo: https://documentalcuatrocienegas.com/

credits

producer
Meagan Cantwell

supervising producer
Joel Goldberg

story by
Rodrigo Prez Ortega

story editor
Tim Appenzeller

video
David Jaramillo

photos
Jos M. Corona Garca/ Susana De la Torre-Zavala/UANL
Gabriela Olmedo
David Jaramillo

maps
Nirja Desai
Google Earth

illustration
Henning Dalhoff/Science Source

music
"Artificial Wave" and "Perception" by
Nguyn Khi Nguyn