News Roundup

Himalayas proving to be a hotspot for describing new species.
A roundup of the recent SCB conference in China, from CI.
The amazing impact of a city abandoned 900 years ago on crops grown in drought conditions, today. So, the next time somebody tells you there’s no such thing as wilderness, that human’s impact on the land lasts longer than you could imagine, BELIEVE IT.It’s true in America, too, where old American Indian middens still have higher levels of non-native plants.
Extinctions can be correlated with genetic history. Not surprising, but interesting.

Posted by Tim on August 10th, 2009 • • Add a comment
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