Story: "Squiggles" 1510.09.20
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ysabetwordsmith"Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal"
1510.09.20
My paper for "The Science of Flowers" proved more interesting than I expected. I always knew about the damage to our world, how the ecosystem doesn't work perfectly because of the old boundaries. I didn't realize, though, just how many species of plants and animals must have died out. We still don't know all the ones we lost. Researching a paper on pollinators really illuminated that for me, how some plants barely survive because not enough pollinators exist to take care of their flowers. So the wind-pollinated plants have survived much better than those that rely on insects or animals.
Sometimes science makes me very sad. Still, I would rather know than not know.
See the landing page for "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal."
1510.09.20
My paper for "The Science of Flowers" proved more interesting than I expected. I always knew about the damage to our world, how the ecosystem doesn't work perfectly because of the old boundaries. I didn't realize, though, just how many species of plants and animals must have died out. We still don't know all the ones we lost. Researching a paper on pollinators really illuminated that for me, how some plants barely survive because not enough pollinators exist to take care of their flowers. So the wind-pollinated plants have survived much better than those that rely on insects or animals.
Sometimes science makes me very sad. Still, I would rather know than not know.
See the landing page for "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal."
