[PCA] ARTICLE: Plant Blindness: Why scientists who know nature are becoming an endangered species

[De Angelis, Patricia]

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> An older article, but may be of interest...
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> Plant Blindness: Why Scientists Who Know Nature Are Becoming an Endangered
> Species
> POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 BY MARTIN COTHRAN
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> “The U.S. is running short of people who can tell the forest from the
> trees.” So says a recent Wall Street Journal article that is at least
> partly indicative of the fate of science education in the U.S. in recent
> years. It tells of the growing problem of “plant blindness,” the term used
> among botanists to indicate the inability of many people, even those in the
> scientific community, to identify plants.
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> Full story:
> https://www.memoriapress.com/articles/plant-blindness-why-scientists-who-know-nature-are-becoming-an-endangered-species/
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