Millions of years ago, widespread volcano eruptions in eastern Australia buried entire forests. Today, these time capsules reveal stunningly fossilised plants.
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Today, these plants are iconic to the Australian bush. But banksias and their many relatives originated in far-away shores 130 million years ago.
When it comes to cleaning up land contaminated by toxic waste, we can follow nature’s example before humans populated the earth.
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Professor, Nelson Mandela University
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Adjunct Assoc Professor Central Queensland University and Principal Curator Geosciences Queensland Museum, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior lecturer, Murdoch University
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Plant Ecology, Curtin University
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Curtin University
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Professor of Geology and Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen