

The (Ginkgo) "lotus" effect
Believe it or not, the micro-sized bumps on the leaf surface (called papillae) prevent water from adhering to the leaf surface. This...


All work and no berry picking makes for a dull boy... or something like that. They ares
Picking berries near the #fossilatmospheres experiment @FossilAt @smithsonianenv


The outdoor control trees have finally been planted!
Thanks to #smithsonian NHRE intern Zev Brook for help digging another massive hole, and then help in filling it right back up with...

Our citizen science project on Zooniverse fully launched!
3000+ images counted by 600 new volunteers. Awesome for one day!


The planting continues...
I spent most of Saturday planting the second tree of the three new outdoor control trees. One more (the middle tree in the top image) to...


The planting begins...
We are adding three more outdoor control trees, to complete the experimental design of three trees for each treatment. The soil quality...