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The work of Dr. Lars Olov Bygren in epigenetics referenced in your article would seem to nullify one of the icons of Darwinian evolution, Darwin's finches. Darwin noted that the bill length of finches changed depending on environmental conditions. Darwin explained this by natural selection. Other scientists have noticed...
There are plenty of caveats attached: without other nutrients, the size and health of CO2-enriched plants can be compromised, and in some cases noxious weeds like poison ivy do better than the greenery you might prefer. But perhaps the biggest question of all is how closely such artificial situations...
The first is a 12% increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide since the study began - the same CO2 increase implicated in global warming. The second is the warming itself. And the third is an increase in the growing season, defined as the length of time between the last frost in spring...
China lent Tai Shan's and Mei Lan's parents to U.S. zoos for conservation and breeding. The young pandas will become part of a breeding program in their endangered species' native land. About 1,600 giant pandas live in the wild, and another 290 are in captive-breeding programs...
Mei Lan and Tai Shan, carried in crates in a special cargo jet, were on their way to China for a special breeding mission in efforts to keep the well-loved but endangered species going. (See pictures of the departing pandas.)