Poachers in South Africa raid farmers’ lands for Conophytum, rare succulents coveted by ornamental plant collectors. Confiscated conos, such as these Conophytum comptonii, are kept in secure greenhouses rather than replanted in the wild. Read more…
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Controversial impact crater under Greenland’s ice is surprisingly ancient
New date of 58 million years undercuts idea that strike triggered recent 1000-year plunge in temperatures In 2018, an international team of scientists announced a startling discovery: Buried beneath the thick ice of the Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland is an impact crater 31 kilometers wide—not as big as the crater from the dinosaur-killing impactContinue reading “Controversial impact crater under Greenland’s ice is surprisingly ancient”
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