The Phytophactor

A plant pundit comments on plants, the foibles and fun of academic life, and other things of interest.

Showing posts with label biodiversity. Show all posts

Showing posts with label biodiversity. Show all posts

"We have met the enemy, and he is us."

Those are the words from Pogo (Walt Kelly) from the 1st Earth Day poster, an event that TPP doesn't really remember well because the ca...

Biodiversity in the maize and soybean desert

TPP has long joked about living in the maize and soybean desert of the upper midwest. Sadly this does a grave injustice to deserts because e...

What do botanists do when not in their office or lab?

Field work! Protecting biodiversity is a tough job, and biologists are racing against extinction, mostly from habitat loss, and now perhaps...

Tree Diversity Day - some days past

How can they do these things without alerting TPP? October 11 was Tree Diversity Day and who knew? Biodiversity International didn't...

Top 10 New Species for 2011

National Geographic has constructed a list of the top 10 new species for 2010: it consists of one bacterium, 2 fungi, and 7 animals. This is...

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