New paper points to future plant adaptation mechanism
As temperatures on Earth rise, it can be hard to predict how the environment will adapt. But thanks to our researchers, we have a little more insight into the adaptation mechanisms of plants.
听and her former PhD student Allison Baczynsk have been analysing 56million year old plant and animal fossils from the听Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a period of extreme global warming caused by a rapid rise in atmospheric CO2 concentrations. , their research analysed the chemical signatures听of mammal teeth and leaf wax fossils at Bighorn Basin, USA. They found that听plants may have adapted to the high temperatures of PETM听by flushing leaves during the cool season. This exciting research could mean that听similar changes occur today as the temperature increases from climate change.
to find out more.
听and her former PhD student Allison Baczynsk have been analysing 56million year old plant and animal fossils from the听Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a period of extreme global warming caused by a rapid rise in atmospheric CO2 concentrations. , their research analysed the chemical signatures听of mammal teeth and leaf wax fossils at Bighorn Basin, USA. They found that听plants may have adapted to the high temperatures of PETM听by flushing leaves during the cool season. This exciting research could mean that听similar changes occur today as the temperature increases from climate change.
to find out more.
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