Biology
One-third of tropical flora in Africa is at risk of extinction
The researchers surveyed 22,000 tropical plant species in Africa and found that 7,000 species, or 32%, were at risk or facing extinction.
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Biology
Why do trees die in the tropics?
The international team of scientists from the University of South Wales conducted a study to determine why some tropical plants are easy to die while others live
Environment
Antarctica was once warm
In the warm period 52 million years ago, tropical plants were like palm trees, each covering the Antarctic coast. The sediment on the continental shelf near Antarctica h…
Cancer
Detects compounds in tropical plants that cure pancreatic cancer
German and Japanese scientists have discovered a compound called alkaloid alkystrolikokin E3 in tropical plants helps destroy pancreatic cancer cells and prevent them fr…