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Posts Tagged “Climate change”
Gene function, reproduction and climate change (Review)
Studies have suggested that plant sexual reproduction is particularly vulnerable to climate change, and a number of ecologically and evolutionarily relevant genes have recently been identified. Shimizu et al. consider that studying gene functions in naturally fluctuating conditions is very important in order to predict responses to changing environments. For example, modelling has shown that FLC in [...]
Breeding crops with deeper roots could ‘slash CO2 levels’
Breeding crops with roots a metre deeper in the ground could lower atmospheric CO2 levels dramatically, with significant environmental benefits, according to research by a leading University of Manchester scientist, published in Annals of Botany.
Temperature limits for relictual rainforest Araucariaceae
Temperature limits for relictual rainforest Araucariaceae Many relictual rainforest species, such as those in the Araucariaceae, are at risk from anthropogenic climate change. Offord explores the potential effect of climate change on Australian Araucariceae by investigating the upper and lower threshold temperatures at which foliage damage occurs, and finds that high temperatures pose the greatest [...]
Big Question: Feast or famine?
This video from the The University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment makes a strong case why we’re going to need more plant scientists. Lots more.
International Year of Forests 2011
2011 marks the International Year of Forests, a U.N. initiative to raise awareness on sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.
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 be told it must be ok because it’s natural, this is the video for you. There’s a cheerful inanity about the video. Water is natural, a daily need and essential [...]
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 water by foliar uptake within the redwood forest ecosystem by Drs. Emily Limm and Todd Dawson. The ferns are an important part of the redwood forest ecosystem as they pull [...]