Saudi Arabia banned red roses a while back, but for all the wrong reasons. Apparently, they encourage valentine’s day celebration, which is “un-Islamic.”
Our love of flowers might seem frivolous, but it drives a worldwide industry worth billions of euros. Behind that network lies a complicated but lightning-fast logistic web that takes flowers from plantation to dining table within a few days. During that journey, a flower is on average in about four... Read more
Scientists from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology engineered a plant nanobionic optical sensor that can detect and monitor, in real time, levels of arsenic in the underground environment.
Drug-sniffing dogs are an accepted part of our modern world. In the near future, could pollution-sniffing mosses be equally common? Although plants seem inactive compared to animals, a team led by Dr. Xingcai Qin, a chemist at Nanjing University, China, has shown that a common species of moss rapidl... Read more
There may come a day when certain plants in your workplace suddenly turn white, at which point everyone will run screaming from the building – those co-workers will have been right to do so, as the white plants indicated that a toxic gas was present. Before that scenario can take place, a littleâ€... Read more
Saudi Arabia banned red roses a while back, but for all the wrong reasons. Apparently, they encourage valentine’s day celebration, which is “un-Islamic.”
Live plants gifts are more long-lasting, and can even be more thoughtful than flowers.
True. Cut flowers are one of the top pollutants in the environment. The flower industry also uses vast amounts of water, not to mention its massive carbon emissions.
https://www.futureoflife.nl/why-international-flower-trade-should-be-banned/
You don’t need GM for this. But some proper solution is needed, this article gives an insight on some recent developments https://news.mit.edu/2020/plant-nanobionic-sensor-monitor-arsenic-levels-soil-1213
And BLUE moss to tell you about your air
Found the article I read years ago about this, but it looks like the idea died before it caught on.
Great idea, I haven’t found a good free one that covers animals and plants, but there are a few options out there already.