Ep. 298 – Living the Gypsum Life: How Geology Can Drive Speciation
January 3, 2021
You may have heard of the mineral gypsum through its use in making plasters, chalks, and drywall, but are you aware of its influence on plant speciation? Indeed, soils heavy in gypsum present unique challenges to plant growth but that doesn’t mean plants haven’t been able to conquer such substrates. In this episode, I sit down to talk with Dr. Mike Moore about his research on how gypsum-based soils have resulted in remarkable evolutionary radiations on a global scale…
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Originally broadcast on August 6, 2020