UF releases ornamental peanut plants for use as lawn, groundcover
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Homeowners tired of watering, fertilizing and mowing grass have a new low-maintenance lawn option — peanuts.
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Three Florida Sea Grant rapid-response projects target oil spill’s effects on Gulf
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As Floridians brace for more crude oil on the state’s coasts, University of Florida researchers are racing to complete several newly funded projects that will help assess the magnitude of damage done by the spill.
UF/IFAS study takes good look at largely unknown native pollinators
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ask a regular Joe on the street what he knows about bees, and he’ll no doubt believe you to be talking about the kind brought to the U.S. long ago from Europe for honey-making purposes.
Ask University of Florida postdoctoral researcher Akers Pence, and he’ll tell you all about different kinds of [...]
Filed under Environment, Research on Monday, June 21, 2010.
UF marine researchers rush to collect samples as oil threat grows
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a race against time, University of Florida marine researchers are hurrying to collect underwater marine algae samples in the Florida Keys while an ever-growing Gulf oil spill steadily migrates toward Florida, already reaching the Emerald Coast in the Panhandle.
Geologist: Fla. ridges’ mystery marine fossils tied to rising land, not seas
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Sea level has not been as high as the distinctive ridges that run down the length of Florida for millions of years. Yet recently deposited marine fossils abound in the ridges’ sands.