Alun Salt
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What happens if bees disappear?
New research shows that loss of a group of pollinators doesn’t always have a predictable decline in pollination success.
When seas rise rapidly
We think of sea-level rise as a long-term threat, but sometimes the change is catastrophically quick, and it’s the recovery that is long-term.
Purple Hays and Glossy Gibbons
The debate on naming continues. What makes a name scientific?
Recent Botany Videos
For people more interested in LOLCatkins instead of LOLCats.
The plant that helps you slim (if you’re a bluegill)
Utricularia vulgaris isn’t a slimming aid as such. It’s just hard for a fish to grow when someone else has eaten all the fleas.
What are the ethics of live-streaming at conferences?
If you’ve only recently come to terms with people tweeting at conferences, there’s another shock coming soon.
How do you reverse a Forest Invasion?
If an invasive species is a problem, isn’t the answer simply to remove it? A new review by Wardle and Peltzer shows it’s a bit more complicated than that.
Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine
Extinction should be a sad subject, but one author was also able to point out how absurd it could be too.
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