The Biology of Moonlight?
The moon may have effects on animal behavior (see here for example), but does it affect plants?
Last time I introduced the scientific literature on the subject by referring to a 1946 paper by Beeson (see ref. 1 below) published in the journal Nature. In this paper Dr. Beeson divided the information regarding [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Does the Moon Affect Plants? Part 2: Moonlight and Biorhythms
Posted in Plant Biological Clock, Plant Development, tagged botany, Gardening, Nature, plants, science on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Does the Moon Affect Plants?
Posted in Plant Development, tagged agriculture, botany, Gardening, Nature, plants, science on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Walking on the Moon
On July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 crew members Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to walk on the moon.
With the 40th anniversary of this first moon landing currently in news, I thought it would be interesting to investigate what’s known about the effects, if any, of the moon on [...]
A Tale of Two Theories: The Mossy Earth and The Conquering Flowers
Posted in Plant Evolution, tagged botany, evolution, Nature, plants, science on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Long, Long Time Ago on Planet Not So Far Away
What were the first plants to colonize the land on Earth? And when did this occur in the history of the biosphere?
Why did a burgeoning of flowering plant species come to dominate their gymnosperm and fern predecessors so quickly?
The Mossy (Algal and Fungal) Earth
Most biology [...]
Wicked Plants?
Posted in Secondary Compounds, tagged books, botany, Gardening, Nature, plants, science on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Toxic? Yes!….. But wicked?
Wicked (wik’id) adj. [Middle English wikke, evil, akin to Old English wicce, witch] “1. morally bad or wrong; acting or done with evil intent; depraved; iniquitous.” – Webster’s New World Dictionary
A wonderful new book Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart, which I just [...]
Less Nutritious Plants as a Result of Higher Atmospheric CO2?
Posted in CO2, tagged agriculture, botany, Nature, plants, science on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No Controversy Here
Despite the denials of global warming caused by increased atmospheric CO2 from the scientifically ignorant or from the oil/coal corporations (or from politicians bought or rented by these corporations), there is one thing they can not deny.
The level of atmospheric CO2 on Earth has been steadily increasing for the past century and will [...]
