Copiapoa cinerea subsp. columna-alba in the Atacama Desert, Chile (IMAGE)

University of South Florida

Copiapoa cinerea subsp. columna-alba in the Atacama Desert, Chile

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Most Copiapoa species are threatened by poaching, development, and the collapse of the coastal fog due to climate change.

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Tristan Davis

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