These moss-covered shrines embodied absolute minimalism ... Tiny landscapes of lichen and moss rest alongside wood and stone, mimicking the natural beauty of the outdoors, and bringing it within.

obscuring the details and beauty of the stone. Deep cleaning these moss-covered gravestones requires a delicate approach to preserve the integrity of the stone while restoring its original appearance.

These soil surfaces on the Great Wall are covered by a “living ... Past studies have found lichen and moss biocrusts to be a destructive threat to modern heritage stone structures due to the ...

“I noticed the stone was square—which is odd in a river ... Researchers believe that it once adorned a wall, given that its base features a four-petaled flower. Non todos os días podemos ...

The Great Wall of China is being protected from erosion by a “biocrust” of moss, lichen and cyanobacteria ... that more than two-thirds of it is covered in biocrust. The team found that ...