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Dinosaur-era plant found alive in North America for first time
A large species of green algae was discovered alive in North America for the first time ever, with the only previous record being fossils dating back to the time of the dinosaurs. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Hotspots of soil N2O emission enhanced through water absorption by plant residue
Nature Geoscience 10, 496 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2963 Authors: A. N. Kravchenko, E. R. Toosi, A. K. Guber, N. E. Ostrom, J. Yu, K. Azeem, M. L. Rivers & G. P. Robertson Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
Geologist Discovers Plant that only grows near Diamonds
Rare plant only grows over diamond deposits – and could make gemstone discovery much cheaper A species of plant in Liberia could point towards the location of diamonds A thorny and palm-like plant in West Africa could soon become a … Continue reading
For 20 million years, the diversity of large terrestrial mammals depended on plant growth
For more than 20 million years, the ups and downs of diversity in terrestrial large mammals were determined by primary production, i.e. net production of plant biomass. This pattern changed with the onset of the ice ages. The reason for … Continue reading
Plant roots built beachhead for life on land
Plants ? even relatively small ones ? played a crucial role in establishing a beachhead for life on land, according to recent work by an international team of researchers. The group found that early in the history of Earth?s terrestrial … Continue reading
Scientists discover oldest plant root stem cells
Scientists at Oxford University have discovered the oldest known population of plant root stem cells in a 320 million-year-old fossil. read more (e) Science News – Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists discover oldest plant root stem cells
The oldest known population of plant root stem cells have now been found in a 320-million-year-old fossil. The cells, which gave rise to the roots of an ancient plant, were found in a fossilized root tip held in the Oxford … Continue reading
Ancient flowering plant was beautiful, but probably poisonous
Researchers today announced the discovery of the first-ever fossil specimens of an ‘asterid’ — a family of flowering plants that gave us everything from the potatoes to petunias and our morning cup of coffee. But these two 20-30 million-year-old fossil … Continue reading
Court warns of link between Tirreno plant, illness and death
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-85cf4d67d915b8ef320d09f08e20a971.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Court warns of link between Tirreno plant, illness and death” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-85cf4d67d915b8ef320d09f08e20a971.jpg” (See related) (ANSA) – Genoa, March 11 – A judge who ordered the seizure of a coal-fired electrical plant owned by Tirreno Power … Continue reading
Tirreno Power shuts down Liguria plant after court seizure
IMG class=hide alt=”Tirreno Power shuts down Liguria plant after court seizure” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-e926e8a462da99e2094e7702263167cb.jpg” (ANSA) – Genoa, March 11 – Italian electricity provider Tirreno Power began shutting down the coal-fired units at its Vado Ligure plant in Italy’s northwestern Liguria region on … Continue reading