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Ferns took to the trees and thrived
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As flowering plants like giant trees quickly rose to dominate plant communities during the Cretaceous period, the ferns that had preceded them hardly saw it as a disappointment.
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Ferns provide model for tiny motors powered by evaporation
Sep 14, 2006 |
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Scientists looked to ferns to create a novel energy scavenging device that uses the power of evaporation to move itself -- materials that could provide a method for powering micro and nano devices with just ...
Supervolcano eruption -- in Sumatra -- deforested India 73,000 years ago
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 23, 2009 |
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A new study provides "incontrovertible evidence" that the volcanic super-eruption of Toba on the island of Sumatra about 73,000 years ago deforested much of central India, some 3,000 miles from the epicenter, ...
Global warming wiped out the first rainforests
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Spectacular discoveries of fossil forests show that global warming wiped out the first rainforests to evolve on our planet.
Darwin's mystery explained
Jul 14, 2009 |
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The appearance of many species of flowering plants on Earth, and especially their relatively rapid dissemination during the Cretaceous (approximately 100 million years ago) can be attributed to their capacity to transform ...
Rapid burst of flowering plants set stage for other species
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 09, 2009 |
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A new University of Florida study based on DNA analysis from living flowering plants shows that the ancestors of most modern trees diversified extremely rapidly 90 million years ago, ultimately leading to the formation of ...
Changing climate likely to make 'super weed' even more powerful
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered a new reason why the tall, tasseled reed Phragmites australis is one of the most invasive plants in the United States.
Probing Question: Can logging be done sustainably?
Apr 03, 2008 |
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In an era of ever-increasing environmental awareness, few industries receive more scrutiny than logging. For decades, environmental groups have claimed that commercial logging practices result in devastating consequences, ...
Earth's First Rainforest Unearthed
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 23, 2007 |
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A spectacular fossilised forest has transformed our understanding of the ecology of the Earth’s first rainforests. It is 300 million years old.
Flora not flourishing in world's hotspots
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Dec 10, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Calgary have found the biodiversity picture in the region known as the "lungs of the Earth" contradicts commonly held views relating to extinction in that area.
How Volvox got its groove
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Feb 19, 2009 |
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Some algae have been hanging together rather than going it alone much longer than previously thought, according to new research.
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