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Tag Archives: plants
How to see plants again: The plant blindness phenomenon
Plant blindness, or the lack of attention to plants as active agents in ecosystems, may seem to be a harmless ignorance. However, its consequences are directly related to the current state of environmental deterioration. Plants have been of crucial importance … Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Research
Tagged ecosystems, environment, plant blindness, plants
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The usefulness of medicinal plants is more than folktales
Find out the scientifically proven medicinal effect of juniper, peppermint, birch leaves, and linden tree blossoms. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Medical sciences, Research
Tagged Estonia, Estonian nature, herbal, medicine, pharmacognosy, pharmacy, plants, tea
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Sugar Sweet Science at the University of Tartu
Ecologists Riin Tamme and Lena Neuenkamp describe one of the sweetest scientific experiments in Estonia and explain why they add sugar to the meadow every year. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged botany, carbon, diet, ecosystems, meadow, plant diversity, plant experiment, plants, soil fertility, sugar
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