Posted on October 29, 2007 by Ian
By its very nature, blogging is an uneven medium. While some bloggers are experts engaging in serious discourse, others are just linking to nonsense they found on other blogs. What makes matters worse is that even the most scholarly of blogs tend to include a mixture of the two (and, as Mark Hoofnagle points out, [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2007 by Ian
Plant leaves are organs of photosynthesis. Their main role is to harvest energy from sunlight, and use that energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates. One of the fundamental trade-offs that plants have to make in leaf design is the need to maximise carbon dioxide uptake while minimising water loss. [...]
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