Could you be more obvious?

In a question requiring an experimental design to test the projection of changed rainfall and it's influence on primary production the students were required to specify the scale and frequency of data collection.

"I would advise performing this sampling in as large an areas as possible with a high number of sites as this sounds like an excellent opportunity for job creation for 3rd year university students which are in desperate need of income in an impoverish society facing economic recession".

Shame! Did they expect marks or sympathy for that comment.

Directly indirect?

"The Nitrogen [N] cycle works in conjunction with the CO2 cycle as both play an important role in plant growth and soil enrichment. Thus, by causing deforestation and alike over fishing we directly influence the N cycle".

keh? Wanna make that point a little clearer?

Grammatically speaking

A few excerpts from a recent Functional Ecology exam:

* By enlarge the pattern....

* Did you know that vegetation was an abiotic measurement that should be recorded for observing changes in rainfall under global climate change? Or that rainfall is a biotic factor used to project agricultural output into the future?

* Oh yes, plants have been shown to migrate to higher altitudes to escape rising temperatures. Did you see them pick up their roots and move? Did they do it in the dead of night when there were no witnesses?

* Climate change is causing the increases in CO2 in the atmosphere as well as those increases in temperatures.

Rant: Didn't your high school teachers ever tell you to think before you ink? Good grief!

And the war between tree roots and gravity continues...

Proof that proof-reading really does help!


As the soils increase in depth, the water moisture content increases as there is less to influence the water levels. The vegetation’s roots remain in the upper horizon and this allows there to be a gradient regarding the water levels . The vegetation absorbs water in the upper horizon and the deeper horizons are unaffected by the roots, allowing a higher moisture content.

Mosses are small in size and lack vascular tissues. That is why they generally small in size.

Deforestation increases precipitation...?

From an essay on recent floods in China and how these event are related to global climate change...

"Human induced global warming is expected to increase precipitation. This is caused mainly by deforestation that can have a big impact as upland forests can soak up lots of water, but as humans destroy these areas, the water has more land it can run to."


Seriously!? You learn something new everyday.

Oakley, Tree, Rayban, Tree...

Did you know:

In the riverine environment, there are good shades.

mmmm... I just love that tree smell!

Flowers are fragranted of trees to attract birds for seed dispersal

Excuse me while I cry about global warming...

"A spore is highly sensitive to environmental issues."