While the number of plant samples has gone up in 66 % of countries, budgets for gene banks have increased in only 33 %, and a quarter have seen their budgets fall. (sciencemag.org)
In 2007, researchers were collecting long - frozen plant samples from the receding edges of the glacier when they noticed some bryophytes — plants which include mosses and mosslike liverworts — sprouting new parts (as seen in the main image). (sciencemag.org)
«The open spaces have been designed as botanical garden [s] with plant samples from regions across Turkey, providing an educational resource for children of all ages and a place for picnics and informal gatherings for people living in the heart of the congested city.» (treehugger.com)