Plants & People
Thoughts on Don’t be Such a Scientist by Randy Olson
As well as developing the social media presence for the Annals of Botany, I’ve also started work on writing press releases for some papers in
Plants & People
Bacteria and plants entangled in Research Blogging
There’s been a couple of posts on Research Blogging that have caught my eye in the past couple of days. Both of them are interesting because they show how important studying interaction is to understand the natural world.
Close Encounters
Carnivorous plants prefer to kill in broad daylight
Digesting meat takes energy, and you don’t get that from meat if you’re a plant.
Ecosystems
Even plants can have too much of a good thing
No doubt this will horrify Pat, but this is one of my favourite YouTube videos. If you’ve ever expressed a doubt about something, only to
Plants & People
Moving beyond the ‘One-dinosaur-fits-all’ model of science communication
Asking scientists what makes good science outreach can risk ignoring survivor bias.
Ecosystems
Will ferns play a key role in mitigating climate change for some forests?
There’s an interesting paper in the July edition of the American Journal of Botany, Polystichum munitum (Dryopteridaceae) varies geographically in its capacity to absorb fog
Ecosystems
Plant reproduction in the Central Amazonian floodplains
The Amazon is the greatest river system on the planet. Twenty per cent of the world’s freshwater enters the oceans through the river basin. It’