【一句话翻译】A ‘living skin’ is protecting the Great Wall of China

【汉译英 Chinese to English】

据一项于12 月 8 日发表在Science Advances杂志上的研究的合著者、土壤生态学家Matthew Bowker表示，中国长城的土壤表面覆盖着一层由微小无根植物和微生物组成的“活皮”，即生物结皮，这是该遗产地持久力的来源。

The soil surfaces on the Great Wall of China are covered by a “living skin” of tiny, rootless plants and microorganisms known as biocrusts that are a source of the heritage site's staying power, according to soil ecologist Matthew Bowker, a coauthor of the study published December 8 in the journal Science Advances.

Link to the journal paper:

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk5892