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Tag - scientific literacy

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Plants & People

Do we need evidence in books about plants?

Without a source are facts really facts, or just factoids?

September 29, 2020

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5 top stories from #TheWeekinbotany🌻
1) Great contribution of #amateur #naturalists to gather data on #rareplants and endangered species 💚
2) Urban green spaces 🌳and #gentrification in US cities
3) and 4) brilliant strategies to attract #pollinators 🌸🐝
5) mathematical model for #cambium development

#citizenscience #inaturalist
For more curiosities, Check out the https://botany.one/ website 🌱🌵🌳🌼

Flower after flower and new green leaves … Here comes the spring!
🌷🌸 🌱
In the northern hemisphere, warmer temperatures and longer days of March are making flowers blooming again and trees awakening after winter dormancy.
Here, some #blossoming from Southern Europe … what about your place?
#goodbyewinter #hellospring
#springbegins
#flowering
#botanygram

💚 Don't miss top stories posted on the #BotanyOneWebsite this week 🌻
Among others: review of the book 📖"The Secret World of Plants: Tales of more than 100 remarkable flowers 🌸, trees 🌳, and seeds", comments on a new tool 💻 for #crop modeling, novel insights into radish #yield, ecological studies on the effect of #climate on #tree regeneration after wildfire 🔥, negative effect of #Nanoplastic pollution on Water Hyacinths activity ...
For more #sciencenews, check out the website: https://botany.one/ 🌱🌵🌳🌼

💐To celebrate the #internationalwomensday, Botany One highlights nine historical figures who revoluzionized #Botany with their talent and hard work 🌻🌱🌳
MARIA illustrated the interaction between insects and plants 🦋 🌼 in the XVII century.
JEANNE was the first women to circumnavigate the globe ⛵🌏 (in a botanical expedition) in the XVII century.
ANNA was the first person to use photography 📸 to illustrate nature 🌿in the XVIII century.
In the same period, LOUISA pioneered dress reform to collect rare plant species in Australia and ELIZABETH contributed to create the #NewYork #botanicalgarden in the US.
In the XX century, BARBARA discovered the cause of mosaic colour patterns in maize kernels 🌽, whereas JANAKI generated the sweetest variety of sugarcane in India.
More recently, ROSELI inspired research in #Astrobiology with her work on extremophiles 🗻, and WANGARI won the #Nobel prize for peace with her #Green Belt Movement in Kenya 🌲
Did you now them?
To know more about these brilliantwomen, check the website https://botany.one/ 🌻

Dear plant lovers 💚, here a selection of top stories posted on the #BotanyOneWebsite this week 🌻
Among others: review of the book 📖"The Science of Plants", new insights🔎 on the #evolution of #landplant, and the surprising effect of the BBC documentary 📺#thegreenplanet to raise awareness on the #importanceofplants.
For more #sciencenews, check out the website: https://botany.one/ 🌱🌵🌳🌼

The diversity and capacity of maize to adapt to a changing climate rests in the hands of farmers.
You can read the post with all links on Botany One at https://www.botany.one/2021/08/the-diversity-and-capacity-of-maize-to-adapt-to-a-changing-climate-rests-in-the-hands-of-farmers/

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