We often read about Earth’s mass extinction events and how they wiped out vast numbers of animal species, leaving survivors to evolve and repopulate the planet. But it’s rarer to hear about how plants managed these catastrophes. A new study published last month by a team at University College Dublin, Ireland, in the journal Nature Plants shows how plants with thicker, heavier leaves we ...[Read More]
How certain plants survive mass extinction events: study
How do plants survive mass extinctions? . Credit: Marta Galvagno (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).