From Climate Change to Plant Facebook
Beginning in January 2013, I’ve started the new year here at the How Plants Work blog by taking a look back at the previous year’s plant-related news from my HPW Twitter feed and sharing a few of the “tastier” tidbits, month-by-month.
Since I still find this kind of fun and interesting (and also because it’s currently cold and frosty outside in the Pacific northwest), let me carry on the tradition….
…I’ve grabbed a hot cup of coffee, so I’m ready to peruse the plant news from January 2015…
Early Flowering:
Unusual number of UK flowers bloom – Botanists were stunned by the results of their annual hunt for plants in flower on New Year’s Day 2015.
Crop Production: When it comes to variations in crop yield, climate has a big say and Global warming may markedly reduce wheat production.
Forests: Warming climate likely will change the composition of northern forests and Warmer, drier climate altering forests in California.
Plant Climate Adaptation – Supercomputing the evolution of a model flower.
Pitcher plants ‘switch off’ traps to capture more ants.
This crazy living wall with 1,682 plants has a hidden message.
Is this the Facebook of plant science?
To be continued….
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