News tagged with green sea slug
Green sea slug makes chlorophyll like a plant
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the University of South Florida in Tampa have found a green sea slug is able to synthesize chlorophyll like a plant, which makes it the first animal known to be capable of ...
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Digging for past clues on climate change
Scientists are hoping samples of soil formed up to 20,000 years ago that they dug from the Meadowlands will provide clues to dramatic shifts in climate, geology and plant life that may have hit the region in the past.
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Jun 20, 2011 |
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Scientists select new species for top 10 list; issue SOS
The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists - scientists responsible for species exploration and classification - today announce ...
May 21, 2010 |
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Amorous slug, orange snake among finds on Borneo
A lungless frog, a frog that flies and a slug that shoots love darts are among 123 new species found in Borneo since 2007 in a project to conserve one of the oldest rain forests in the world.
Apr 22, 2010 |
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Solar-powered sea-slugs live like plants, prof says
The lowly sea slug, "Elysia chlorotica," may not seem like the most exciting of creatures, but don't be fooled: it behaves like a plant and is solar-powered, says a Texas A&M University biologist who has been studying these ...
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Nov 25, 2008 |
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Scientist Unlocking the Secrets of Sea Slug that Lives Like a Plant
(PhysOrg.com) -- Photosynthesis generates the oxygen needed for life on earth as well as the biomass for food and biofuel production. The process is driven by the absorption of the sun’s energy by tiny green "bodies" called ...
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Nov 18, 2008 |
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Evidence found for climate-driven ecological shifts in North Atlantic, says Cornell study
While Earth has experienced numerous changes in climate over the past 65 million years, recent decades have experienced the most significant climate change since the beginning of human civilized societies about 5,000 years ...
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Nov 06, 2008 |
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