
Purslane, a delicious semi-succulent drought-resistant wild plant that thrives in mall parking lots and highway overpasses has unlocked a new way to photosynthesize. Ideas for a new food future here #climate science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Vanessa Lopes Rivera
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@vanlrivera
I am a botanist and an evolutionary biologist. I love science, music, Brasil, baking, and my family.

Purslane, a delicious semi-succulent drought-resistant wild plant that thrives in mall parking lots and highway overpasses has unlocked a new way to photosynthesize. Ideas for a new food future here #climate science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Just came across this hugely important report mapping out beef supply chain in Brazil This is the key right here! Stopping deforestation from indirect suppliers (little dots) to big 3 companies (larger circles) chainreactionresearch.com/report/jbs-mar… Research by @crresearch,@ClimateAdvisers














The U.S. has officially left the Paris Agreement, three years after Pres. Trump announced he would leave the international climate change forum. abcn.ws/2I2fMKq


🖐Infertility and miscarriage are incredibly common among women in academia, but there are few opportunities to talk openly about it. Here goes. A thread.




