Interesting talk from Nigel Goldenfeld about the scaling properties of phylogenetic trees and the general features of evolutions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwjS...#Geology#Paleobio#EvoBio
Long-memory effects is a general feature of complex Earth system phenomena. It applies not only to hurricanes and human casualties on short time scales, but also for the mass extinctions and macroevolution at the longest time scales. doi.org/10.1017/pab....#Geology#Paleobio#EvoBio
This is quite dramatic. The Cambrian and the P-Tr boundary are rad's. Here are shown relative contribution of different groups in reef building during the Phanerozoic from just published "Palaeontology" article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...#Geology#Paleobio#EvoBio
Cool study with serious implications for us all. Here is the ultimate "we are climatically f..cked" sentence: "...found that GMST varied over a range from 11° to 36°C, ...climate sensitivity of ∼8°C, about two to three times what it is today" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...#Geology#EvoBio
You know how lizards can regulate their body temperature by choosing to bask in sunlight or shelter in shade? A new study finds that cyanobacteria can regulate their temperatures too--by adjusting their lipid membranes in real time. 🐋🌱🦋🦫🧪 #Evobio
Photoperiodic time measurement is the ability of plants and animals to measure differences in day versus night length (photoperiod) and use that information to anticipate critical seasonal transformat...
Interesting read on cells packaging noncoding RNA into extracellular vesicles that are released into the environment. They can communicate information to other organisms-- even across vast phylogenetic distance--to the benefit of the recipient, or as a form of information warfare. 🦋🦫🐋🌱 #EvoBio
Long known as a messenger within cells, RNA is increasingly seen as life’s molecular communication system — even between organisms widely separated by evolution.
Some highlights from my paper with Nipam Patel, out now in Journal of Experimental Biology: doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245940 #evolution #ecoevo #evodevo #photonics #BiomechSky 1/11
Summary: A meta-analysis of 300 butterfly structural colors reviews their production mechanisms and determines the color range and phylogenetic distribution for each type of structure, uncovering evol...
Interesting freen hybrid conference about the habitability of planets and the evolution of biosphere: "Chance and purpose in the evolution of biospheres" royalsociety.org/science-even...#Geology#Paleobio#EvoBio
Discussion meeting organised by Professor Philip Donoghue, Professor Anja Spang, Professor Tim Lenton, Professor Samir Okasha, and Professor Graham Shields.
