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Ancient plants reawaken: Plants exposed by retreating glaciers regrowing after centuries entom
2013-05-29 03:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: When University of Alberta researcher Catherine La Farge threads her way through the recently exposed terrain left behind by retreating glaciers, she looks at the ancient plant remains a lot closer than most. Now, her careful scrutiny has revealed a startling reawakening of long-dormant plants known as bryophytes. La Farge, a researcher in the Faculty of Science, and director and curator of the Cryptogamic Herbarium at the University of Alberta, has overturned a long-held assumption that all of...
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