Deserts do produce all sorts of things! They are highly diverse and cool habitats filled with spooky and wonderful life that play essential roles in the global biosphere. Not directly mass-producing human food does not equal producing nothing. :meow-cactus:
I also wouldn't call the deserts "diverse", just "different". Diversity is a function of biomass, which is a function of sunlight+water. Deserts are probably about as biodiverse as a temperate grassland, maybe even less
But yes some of the most interesting organisms live in the desert.
Deserts do produce all sorts of things! They are highly diverse and cool habitats filled with spooky and wonderful life that play essential roles in the global biosphere. Not directly mass-producing human food does not equal producing nothing. :meow-cactus:
there's just more life everywhere else
https://i.imgur.com/nNkSJws.png
I also wouldn't call the deserts "diverse", just "different". Diversity is a function of biomass, which is a function of sunlight+water. Deserts are probably about as biodiverse as a temperate grassland, maybe even less
But yes some of the most interesting organisms live in the desert.