Plants that survived dinosaur extinction pulled nitrogen from air

ScienceDaily
Nov 16, 2023, 1:50 pm89 ptsTrending
Ancient cycad lineages that survived the extinction of the dinosaurs may have done so by relying on symbiotic bacteria in their roots to fix atmospheric nitrogen. The finding came from an effort to understand ancient atmospheres, but became an insight into plant evolution instead.

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