John Refior on Nostr: "French wild pansies are producing smaller flowers and less nectar than 20 to 30 ...
"French wild pansies are producing smaller flowers and less nectar than 20 to 30 years ago in ‘startling’ act of evolution, study shows
"This research shows a plant undoing thousands of years of evolution in response to a phenomenon that has been around for only 50 years.
"Although most research has been done in Europe and North America, we know that pollinator declines are a global phenomenon."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/20/flowers-giving-up-on-scarce-insects-and-evolving-to-self-pollinate-say-scientists?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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#ClimateChange #pollinators #evolution
"This research shows a plant undoing thousands of years of evolution in response to a phenomenon that has been around for only 50 years.
"Although most research has been done in Europe and North America, we know that pollinator declines are a global phenomenon."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/20/flowers-giving-up-on-scarce-insects-and-evolving-to-self-pollinate-say-scientists?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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#ClimateChange #pollinators #evolution