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Plant Discovery Could Lead To Wider Use Of Bee-Friendly Pesticides
Posted in Science on 29th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller
Thanks to a new discovery a bee-friendly pesticide could soon be cheaper and easier to produce.
Plant life on the international space station is blossoming
Posted in Science on 9th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller
What happens if you're removed from that familiar environment and placed into a situation outside your evolutionary experience?
Rise in atmospheric CO2 slowed by green vegetation
Posted in Science on 9th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller
The growth in the amount of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere has been slowed by the increased ability of plants to soak up the gas.
'Tree of life' for 2.3 million species released
Posted in Featured, Science on 23rd Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
A collaborative effort among eleven institutions, the tree depicts the relationships among living things as they diverged from one another over time.
Conservation parks are growing, so why are species still declining?
Posted in Science on 14th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Nearly 15% of Earths land surface is protected in parks and reserves. By 2020, we should reach the agreed global target of 17%.