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Skating on thin ice..?
It seems we can expect the Arctic to go green in future years – but that won’t be good news for species threatened by Climate Change.
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Botany really rocks!
For a plant life on the edge, like on a cliff face, should be peaceful. But Nigel Chaffey discovers one species has a real talent for annoying others.
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Hooray for the hydathode!
There’s more than one way for a pathogen to gain access to healthy leaf.
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Plants to the rescue of animals…
From tusks to teeth, plants can step in where animals break down.
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Fruit, true food for thought*
Some say fruit is connected to human intelligence, but is the idea a peach or completely bananas?
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Where in the epidermis would you find chloroplasts?
There are several answers to this question. I expect all of you to say guard cells. Those of you who’ve read the previous item about
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More reasons to like plants
How helpful is healthy eating advice, if you don’t have the money for making choices?
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Where do Chloroplasts go to die?
Even plants find it healthy to eat their greens.
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Reducing P uptake by plants
Some things are hard to digest, but is an excess of phosphorus really one of them?
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Carnivory, more than meets the eye…
No morsel of the victim is wasted when a plant traps its prey.
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New forms of: Carbon, water and photosynthesis
Somewhat disappointingly, this ‘three for the price of one’ item is not about plants – neither exclusively nor even specifically. However, since it deals with matters that
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The Sex Lives of Plants Laid Bare
Flora Unveiled: The Discovery and Denial of Sex in Plants. Lincoln Taiz and Lee Taiz. Oxford University Press, 2017. Living in the 21st century with easy