according to a report in the journal Science by researchers who took a fresh look at spore-like microfossils with characteristics that challenge our conventional understanding about the evolution of ...

Open the Youtube video In the Ordovician period 470 million years ago, the first land plants – mosses and liverworts – produced more oxygen, eventually creating enough concentration of it to ...

During this period, novel structures such as tracheids, stomata, leaves, roots, and secondary xylem evolved. However, the evolution of life-history strategies in early land plants remains poorly ...

The first fossil record we have of fire comes from the Middle Ordovician period, billions of years later. In terms of fire, there is a sweet spot. Any lower than 13 percent oxygen, and plant ...

“Biodiversity was restored.” Using trees and plants to absorb the contaminants in soil as they grow is known as phytoremediation. It’s an approach to land restoration used elsewhere in the ...

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CLYDE, Texas — At a special city council meeting Tuesday morning, the council unanimously agreed to sign a letter of intent for the sale of land to a power data company. "I'll make a motion to ...

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Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — A study has identified key genetic pathways in corn that help its roots branch out to find water in soil; the varieties adapted to temperate regions like the U.S. corn belt showed ...