The Did You Know Show 17

DYK 17 - solar flares and sunspots, and their effects on Earth's climate...visit www.dykshow.blogspot.com

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*NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

The Did You Know Show 16

DYK 16 - the adaptation of plants to desert life...visit www.dykshow.blogspot.com

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Photos of the plants:
*Adeniums are examples of pachycaul plants.



*Huge adenium




*the Creosote Push - an example of a plant that can remove water from the soil so effectively that it needs little storage and no CAM.


*View Fred's Photo Album - (The Asphodelaceae, which includes Aloes and Haworthias, show some CAM plants with their succulent leaves. The Agavaceae, the Aizoaceae, the Bromeliaceae are also CAM plants with their succulent leaves. The Cactaceae are stem succulent CAM plants. The Apocynaceae show pachycaul plants.)
*Baobab Trees, the largest of the pachycal plants.

The Did You Know Show 15

DYK15 - Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms...visit www.dykshow.blogspot.com

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For more information:
*Funnel Cloud Reports in the UK
*Skew-T Example