Pigments are important in the lives of all organisms, most especially plants. Pigments in the leaves of plants are called chlorophyll. There are different types of plant pigments: • Anthocyanins—red chlorophyll • Carotenoids—orange or yellow • Green chlorophyll—the most common type of chlorophyll Chlorophyll is a key ingredient in the process of photosynthesis. Through this …

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When a strange light brightened the sky of our planet 2.6 Million years ago, it stayed there for weeks and even months. The event was known as a supernova, 150 light years from the Earth. A century after what happened, a huge wave of energy from the star that exploded could have damaged our atmosphere. …

AT THE START OF THE PLEISTOCENE, DID THE SUPERNOVA KILL ALL LARGE OCEAN ANIMALS?Read More »

WORSENING CLIMATE CHANGE There have been repeated claims that global warming went on “pause”. Newly published studies disprove this. According to a group of international climate researchers, there was never any statistical proof of this global warming pause. In their conclusion, the interval could be a misalignment of expectations and observations from established climate models. …

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