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• Did Plants Freeze the Planet?

  
  Science Signaling — Authority: 126
  Vegetation may have accelerated weathering of rocks, leaching CO2 from the atmosphere
  20 hours ago

• NSF Discoveries

  
  Uncommon Ground — Authority: 107
  Protea obtusifolia in the De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa Photograph by Kent Holsinger Click on the image for a high-resolution image in a new window. The Dimensions of Biodiversity project that Carl Schlichting, Cindi Jones, John Silander, Andrew Latimer, Justin Borevitz, and I are working on ...
  3 days ago

• January 26, 1792 (a Thursday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 112
  On this date, the Scottish botanist Robert Brown read his first scientific paper entitled “The botanical history of Angus“, to the Edinburgh Natural History Society, although it was never published in print in his lifetime.  He was born on 21 … Continue reading →
  6 days ago

• Cold-blooded cannibals

  
  Uncommon Ground — Authority: 107
  Mediterranean island lizards are important pollinators and seed dispersers, but adults also cannibalize eggs and young lizards. 1 This video won the 2011 NESCent Film Festival . Cold-Blooded Cannibals: Extreme Adaptations to Island Life from Days Edge Productions on Vimeo . The deadline for the 2012 ...
  1 week ago

• Latin as the language of botany

  
  Cranach: The Blog of Veith — Authority: 492
  The field of botany has changed its requirement that new species have their official scientific descriptions be written up in Latin.  Now an English description--though not a description in some other language--will be acceptable.  (The scientific name will still be Latin based.)  The article on the subject, ...
  1 week ago

• Things To Take Into Account In Determining Pest Control Technique

  
  A Girl And A Gun — Authority: 134
    A dwelling is exactly where one seeks refuge and comfort and is also a place exactly where you locate time to become sentimental at occasions. This is in particular accurate when you get quite tired from operate or feel so lonely. Exactly the same scenario nonetheless may not be felt as substantially specifically ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pest Control: Ought To You Require Expert Aid?

  
  A Girl And A Gun — Authority: 134
    The dwelling is considered by numerous as a excellent spot to go to just after a comparatively tiring day. For lots of it’s a spot exactly where you get to be more close for your family members as it truly is also a spot exactly where you get to see members of one’s family immediately after attending to your ...
  2 weeks ago

• Should Really You Employ A Expert To Complete Pest Control Or Just Do It Your Self?

  
  A Girl And A Gun — Authority: 134
    Although we find so significantly calmness in our properties and ensure that for the duration of its construction, all of the crucial comforts we can truly are installed, exactly the same infrastructure is nonetheless not spared from pest infestation. Aside from the human owners with the property, other biological ...
  2 weeks ago

• Hunt Institute Hosts Botanical Art Exhibition Dedicated to Pennsylvania’s Wildflowers

  
  ArtPlantae Today — Authority: 411
  Native Pennsylvania, A Wildflower Walk Hunt Institute Carnegie Mellon University March 2 – June 29, 2012 The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation and the Botany department at Carnegie Museum of Natural History will celebrate the native wildflowers of Pennsylvania in a collaborative exhibition opening in March. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ancient popcorn discovered in Peru

  
  Smithsonian Science — Authority: 407
  People living along the coast of Peru were eating popcorn 1,000 years earlier than previously reported and before ceramic pottery was used there, according to a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences co-authored by Dolores Piperno, curator of New World archaeology at the Smithsonian’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• BHL and Our Users: Dr. Kanchi Gandhi

  
  Biodiversity Heritage Library — Authority: 100
  This week, we feature a colleague who combs the botanical literature for new plant names, determines their validity and contributes them to the International Plant Name Index (IPNI) . Meet Dr. Kanchi Gandhi, who has been recognized by the American Association of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) for his countless pieces of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Plant species diversity plays an important role in ecosystem multifunctionality

  
  All you want to know — Authority: 428
  Dryland in Peru Researchers have found that different plant species are very much essential to control the negative effects of climate change and desertification in the world’s drylands. This research has been done by a team of scientists from 14 countries and published online in January 13 issue of the journal ...
  2 weeks ago

• Climb the Ladder Of Success! Real Estate Sales! Job at Jobs Directly from Employers, Auckland, Manukau & East Auckland

  
  Find Job NZ — Authority: 139
  Location:    Auckland    Manukau & East Auckland Salary:    Potential $100,000++ Work type:    Full Time Classification:    Sales    Sales Representatives/Consultants   Potential $100,000++Bucklands Beach, Pakuranga, Half ... Climb the Ladder Of Success! Real Estate Sales! ...
  2 weeks ago

• Podcast: Crashing Galaxies, Smart Lizards, and Meat-Eating Plants

  
  Science Signaling — Authority: 126
  Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
  2 weeks ago

• How do you understand a tree?

  
  Sun and Shield — Authority: 107
  How to you understand a tree? There are many ways of doing so. The above photo, of Bradford pear trees in morning sunlight, is from my Flickr photostream. The photo is a link to the original, which is posted there. Back when I was a college biology professor, I would occasionally say something like this: One ...
  2 weeks ago

• Global food crisis: How Hawai`i responds

  
  Raising Islands--Hawai'i science and environment — Authority: 441
  The possibility of a global food shortage is just one of the arguments in favor of locally produced food. Several new data points suggest that such shortages are looming. How does one respond? Support local farmers. Grow your own garden. And pay attention to what it takes to feed you. (Image: Locally grown ...
  2 weeks ago

• Some plants that grow in nutrient-poor soils arent secretive about their carnivorous ways.

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 841
  Just 0.2 percent of the flowering plants in the world are known to be carnivorous. We’re most familiar with Venus Flytraps, pitcher plants, and other plants that capture and digest their prey with showy techniques. However, there are other carnivorous plants that are much sneakier in their murderous ways. This ...
  2 weeks ago

• Show Preview: Balmorhea @ The Parish (1/13)

  
  Austin Town Hall — Authority: 121
  Date 1/13/12 Location The Parish Doors 9pm Tickets $11 @ Frontgate Some great shows are going down this weekend to get all of you crazy kids back into the swing of things after a long free week in Austin.  Let’s start the long holiday weekend off right with a show by Austin band Balmorhea at ...
  3 weeks ago

• Is Botanical Latin On The Way Out?

  
  Natural History Wandering — Authority: 118
  Breaking News In The Plant World Beginning January 1, 2012 the diagnostic descriptions classifying plants, algae and fungi can now be done in English and online. The names of species must be in Latin but the descriptions can be  in any language. Previously, new species had two published in written papers. Now ...
  3 weeks ago

• Black metal botanist

  
  Uncommon Ground — Authority: 107
  OK. I admit it. Im out of it. I know about (but dont enjoy) heavy metal, but Id never heard about black metal until a graduate student mentioned it to me last week and sent along this link . Not only is there a genre of rock known as black metal, 1 but Botanist is one of its practitioners. Not a botanist, ...
  3 weeks ago

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