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Reindeer lichen
Genetic analysis shows that reindeer lichens reproduce sexually as opposed to asexually more often than researchers thought BotanyNewsPlant Science

Genetic analysis shows that reindeer lichens reproduce sexually as opposed to asexually more often than researchers thought

In northern Canada, the forest floor is carpeted with reindeer lichens. They look like a moss made of tiny gray branches, but they’re stranger than that: they’re composite organisms, a fungus and algae living together as one. They’re a major…
Isabel
01/03/2021
Prosopis juliflora
Prosopis juliflora acutely reduces water resources in Ethiopia, costing rural livelihoods AgricultureForestryNewsPlant HealthPlant Science

Prosopis juliflora acutely reduces water resources in Ethiopia, costing rural livelihoods

New research has revealed how an invasion of the alien evergreen tree, Prosopis juliflora seriously diminishes water resources in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, consuming enough of this already scarce resource to irrigate cotton and sugarcane generating some US$ 320 million and…
Isabel
26/02/2021
flower field with poppy and smaller blue flowers
New study unravels Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’ surrounding origin of flowering plants BotanyNewsPlant Science

New study unravels Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’ surrounding origin of flowering plants

The origin of flowering plants famously puzzled Charles Darwin, who described their sudden appearance in the fossil record from relatively recent geological times as an “abominable mystery”. This mystery has further deepened with an inexplicable discrepancy between the relatively recent…
Isabel
25/02/2021