University of Maine: Gill to Explore Why Ferns Flourished After Asteroid Strike That Doomed Dinosaurs
February 05, 2020
February 05, 2020
ORONO, Maine, Feb. 5 [TNSgrants] -- The University of Maine issued the following news release:
The vascular plants have existed for about 350 million years, even surviving nuclear winterlike conditions -- global dimming, cooling and acid rain -- 66 million years ago that wiped out dinosaurs and 75% of other animals and plants on Earth.
Jacquelyn Gill, a University of Maine paleoecologist, will explore fern resilience with an all-female research team that includes scien . . .
The vascular plants have existed for about 350 million years, even surviving nuclear winterlike conditions -- global dimming, cooling and acid rain -- 66 million years ago that wiped out dinosaurs and 75% of other animals and plants on Earth.
Jacquelyn Gill, a University of Maine paleoecologist, will explore fern resilience with an all-female research team that includes scien . . .