56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly
#Science #Environment #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Plants #EarthHistory #CarbonCycle #GlobalWarming #SoilCarbon #CarbonSink #CarbonSequestration #The14
https://the-14.com/56-million-years-ago-the-earth-suddenly-heated-up-and-many-plants-stopped-working-properly/

What if the best crop protectors aren’t chemicals — but the viruses living inside fungi?

In this video, we explore how mycoviruses could become powerful, self-spreading tools for sustainable agriculture — reshaping plant health from the inside out.

https://youtu.be/CGxSWkF762g?si=NERFkJY2J1bHdxFw

#fungi #mycology #agriculture #ecology
#aspergillus #education #academia
#phd_life #phdone #forest #mushrooms
#virus #mycovirus #crop #food #mycovirus #Science #nature #Farming #fungus #plants #foraging #Health #biology

Agrimonia eupatoria. https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13/id/512/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrimonia_eupatoria

#plants #roots #illustration

56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly
#Science #Environment #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Plants #EarthHistory #CarbonCycle #GlobalWarming #SoilCarbon #CarbonSink #CarbonSequestration #The14
https://the-14.com/56-million-years-ago-the-earth-suddenly-heated-up-and-many-plants-stopped-working-properly/

What if the best crop protectors aren’t chemicals — but the viruses living inside fungi?

In this video, we explore how mycoviruses could become powerful, self-spreading tools for sustainable agriculture — reshaping plant health from the inside out.

https://youtu.be/CGxSWkF762g?si=NERFkJY2J1bHdxFw

#fungi #mycology #agriculture #ecology
#aspergillus #education #academia
#phd_life #phdone #forest #mushrooms
#virus #mycovirus #crop #food #mycovirus #Science #nature #Farming #fungus #plants #foraging #Health #biology

Agrimonia eupatoria. https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13/id/512/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrimonia_eupatoria

#plants #roots #illustration

Nardus stricta. https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13/id/327/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nardus_stricta

#plants #roots #illustration

Nardus stricta. https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13/id/327/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nardus_stricta

#plants #roots #illustration

A visit to Dundee Botanic gardens today.
The greenhouses were a warm interlude from the cold outside- still plenty to see towards the end of November
*edit to add succulent name - thanks @ml
#Dundee #BotanicGarden #plants

If this result holds up, it’s potentially big: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02481-0

In short, it implies that #LightPollution is decreasing the efficiency with which #plants remove carbon from the atmosphere. It concludes that artificial light at night increases “ #ecosystem respiration” (plants, microbes, and animals releasing carbon dioxide through their activity and growth), but there is no corresponding increase in #photosynthesis.

The result is that plants exposed to ALAN emit more #carbon than they absorb from the #atmosphere. The authors write: “Our findings show that ALAN disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments.”

#ALAN

A visit to Dundee Botanic gardens today.
The greenhouses were a warm interlude from the cold outside- still plenty to see towards the end of November
*edit to add succulent name - thanks @ml
#Dundee #BotanicGarden #plants

If this result holds up, it’s potentially big: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02481-0

In short, it implies that #LightPollution is decreasing the efficiency with which #plants remove carbon from the atmosphere. It concludes that artificial light at night increases “ #ecosystem respiration” (plants, microbes, and animals releasing carbon dioxide through their activity and growth), but there is no corresponding increase in #photosynthesis.

The result is that plants exposed to ALAN emit more #carbon than they absorb from the #atmosphere. The authors write: “Our findings show that ALAN disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments.”

#ALAN

If this result holds up, it’s potentially big: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02481-0

In short, it implies that #LightPollution is decreasing the efficiency with which #plants remove carbon from the atmosphere. It concludes that artificial light at night increases “ #ecosystem respiration” (plants, microbes, and animals releasing carbon dioxide through their activity and growth), but there is no corresponding increase in #photosynthesis.

The result is that plants exposed to ALAN emit more #carbon than they absorb from the #atmosphere. The authors write: “Our findings show that ALAN disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments.”

#ALAN

CAM #photosynthesis discovered in carnivorous plants
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-cam-photosynthesis-carnivorous.html

"Most #CarnivorousPlants colonize wet, nutrient-poor habitats such as #bogs or #swamps. One of the few exceptions is the genus #Pinguicula... they thrive on rocky soils that are very dry for at least half of the year... Until now, it was unknown how the #plants compensate for the lack of water and still have enough to produce the sticky mucilage... in CAM, the stomata of the leaves remain closed during the day"

CAM #photosynthesis discovered in carnivorous plants
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-cam-photosynthesis-carnivorous.html

"Most #CarnivorousPlants colonize wet, nutrient-poor habitats such as #bogs or #swamps. One of the few exceptions is the genus #Pinguicula... they thrive on rocky soils that are very dry for at least half of the year... Until now, it was unknown how the #plants compensate for the lack of water and still have enough to produce the sticky mucilage... in CAM, the stomata of the leaves remain closed during the day"