by Blog Contributor | Mar 7, 2024 | Paleobotany, Plants
Photo by Nothing Ahead There are many different types of plant fossils that not a lot of us are aware of, and we’d like to talk more about them today. Being a paleobotanist himself, Thomas Mcloughlin, author of A Guide to Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) Age Plant...
by Blog Contributor | Feb 9, 2024 | Environment, Plants
Photo by Akil Mazumder from Pexels The interdependence between plants and climate change is of utmost importance. Plants play a significant role in mitigating the effects of climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere....
by Blog Contributor | Jan 5, 2024 | Earth History, Plants
Photo by Elle Hughes Four major evolutionary periods of plants happened throughout the millions of years our planet has been through that paved the way for them to be the pioneers of colonizing land. Over millions of years, plants have changed to become the ones that...
by Blog Contributor | Oct 3, 2023 | Earth History, Environment
Photo by Agnieszka Palmowska The oldest plants in the world are considered “living fossils” that have survived for millions of years and are thriving on our planet. Thomas McLoughlin, author of the book A GUIDE TO PENNSYLVANIAN (CARBONIFEROUS) AGE PLANT...
by Blog Contributor | May 5, 2023 | Earth History
Photo by zhang kaiyv During the Carboniferous Period, terrific plants that flourished millions of years ago, allowing life on land to explode in population. Geologist and author Thomas F. Mcloughlin are one of the people studying plant fossils of the central...
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