Crystal Prism

Just a 20 year old Lesbian trying to get caught up on my education.

[dankmemeuniversity]

[babyanimalgifs]

[switching-to-glide]

Can’t reblog this enough.

[bluestatesaint]

Not the way I figured it would turn out, but I learned something here.

[thecringeandwincefactory-deacti]

This is called Trophic Cascade in ecology.

[ripe]

[senorcyborg]

This is the larval stage of a Funko Pop.

[hexpress]

insult the good name of axlotls once again and not even allah will be able to protect you from the fury of my shoe to your head

[square-enix]

my dad noticed i was stressed so he 3d printed me a little wooden elephant

[fierceawakening]

this is Good

[unexplained-events]

Skeleton of 28 ft (8.5 meters) Anaconda

[visual-infinity]

The Green Dragontail butterflies

[sugar-cook]

Best quality: his wiggles!

[robustmyaft]

IM SORRY, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LITTLE CREATURE NATURE HAS TO OFFER?!!?!

[ghosticalz]

R E B L O G   T H E   P I G E O N .

[no-slice-of-serendipity]

I would have reblogged the pigeon without the promise thing anyway

[awed-frog]

Prairies are some of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, with the tallgrass prairie being the most endangered. Only 1-4% of tallgrass prairie still exists. Prairies are critically important, not only for the unique biodiversity they possess, but for their effect on climate. The ability to store carbon is a valuable ecological service in today’s changing climate. Carbon, which is emitted both naturally and by human activities such as burning coal to create electricity, is a greenhouse gas that is increasing in the Earth’s atmosphere. Reports from the International Panel on Climate Change, a group of more than 2,000 climate scientists from around the world, agree that increased greenhouse gases are causing climate change, which is leading to sea level rise, higher temperatures, and altered rain patterns. Most of the prairie’s carbon sequestration happens below ground, where prairie roots can dig into the soil to depths up to 15 feet and more. Prairies can store much more carbon below ground than a forest can store above ground. In fact, the prairie was once the largest carbon sink in the world-much bigger than the Amazon rainforest-and its destruction has had devastating effects.

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[revretch]

I just have to add–that extensive root system? It’s not just how the plant eats, and how it keeps itself from getting pulled out of the ground during storms, or dying when its aboveground portion is eaten… it’s how it talks to its friends and family, how it shares food with its friends and family, and more than likely, how it thinks. That’s a whole plant brain we’ve domesticated away, leaving a helpless organism that has trouble figuring out when it’s under attack by pests, what to do about it, has very little in the way of chemical defense so it can do something about it, and can’t even warn its neighbors. Even apart from the ecological concerns, what we’ve done is honestly pretty cruel.

[hanne-studies]

did some review for our botany quiz on monday! i accidentally fell asleep throughout the entirety of our teacher’s three-hour lecture, but thank the heavens for powerpoint presentations aaaa

[elainestudyblr]

biology notes on photosynthesis 🍀✨🌵

[breathinginbiology]

The Sea Sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae) is a sea slug native to the Philippines and a few Japanese islands. This slug conducts kleptoplasty where it will steal chloroplasts from photosynthetic algae and use it to photosynthesize sugars for itself. 

[madsciences]

Whenever someone tries to claim that evolution is a lie, I send them a picture of platybelodon.

1. It’s an excellent example of transitional evolution.

2. It’s a mess who would intentionally do this and why

3. It makes them piss themselves a little.

“Evolution is just a theory-”

[taigas-den]

Oh good god

[spinningorigins]

I couldn’t help but wonder what this absolute bastard of a skull would look like, and

I was not disappointed. But I was terrified.

[molluscfacts]

This Adorable Sea Slug is a Sneaky Little Thief | Deep Look

Nudibranchs may look cute, squishy and defenseless … but watch out. These brightly-colored sea slugs aren’t above stealing weapons from their prey.

[pbsdigitalstudios]

Where do glaciers and icebergs get their beautiful blue color? 

[studious-annabeth]

notes masterpost

Hi! OMG IM FINALLY DONE POSTING ALL MY NOTES HAHAH FINALLLYYYY!!!!

I understand it’s pretty hard to collate all my notes together, so I’ve made this masterpost!! :) + some abbreviation legend thing just in case you guys don’t understand the abbreviations i wrote hehe i hope you guys enjoyed these and that these notes helped!! thank you for sticking by me and my irregular posting schedules. Will continue to update this list when i post more notes in the future !!! xx

Biology Notes - based on Biology Matters for GCE ‘O’ Level (2nd Edition), by Marshall Cavendish

Chapter 2 - Cells

Chapter 3 - Movement of Substances

Chapter 4 - Nutrients

Chapter 5 - Enzymes

Chapter 6 - Nutrition in Humans

Chapter 7 - Nutrition in Plants

Chapter 8 - Transport in Humans

Chapter 9 - Transport in Plants

Chapter 10 - Respiration v1, v2

Chapter 11 - Excretion

Chapter 12 - Homeostasis

Chapter 13 - Nervous System

Chapter 14 - The Human Eye

Chapter 15 - Hormones

Chapter 16 - Cell Division v1, v2

Chapter 17 - Reproduction in Plants

Chapter 18 - Reproduction in Humans v1, v2 

Chapter 19 - Heredity

Chapter 20 - Molecular Genetics

Chapter 21 - Ecology

Chapter 22 - Our Impact on the Ecosystem

Chemistry Notes - based on Chemistry Matters for GCE ‘O’ Level (2nd Edition), by Marshall Cavendish

Chapter 1-7

Chapter 8-14

Chapter 15-20

Chapter 21-24

[nowscience-blog]

This Sea Slug which looks like a leaf, can go for up to 9 months without eating because it can photosynthesise like plants - The incorporation of chloroplasts within the cells of Elysia chlorotica allows the slug to capture energy directly from light, as most plants do, through the process of photosynthesis. E. chlorotica can, during time periods where algae is not readily available as a food supply, survive for months.

[chamomilecore]

Succulent planner from Barnes and Noble 🌵