<i>Cassiope tetragona</i> (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

<i>Cassiope tetragona</i>

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Scientists can count the individual growth layers on Cassiope and can correlate growth with other environmental parameters. But new research suggests that there might be confounding environmental factors, like icing, that affect growth.

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Brage B. Hansen, NTNU

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