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IUPUI Study Finds Dandelions Grow Stronger with Global WarmingA new study reported in the current issue of Weed Science reveals that rising carbon dioxide (CO2) will drive dandelions to grow taller, stronger and more productive. IUPUI Biology Assistant Professor Xianzhong Wang and graduate student Tamara McPeek investigated how elevated CO2, which is among the "greenhouse gases" associated with global warming, affected reproduction and seed dispersal properties in dandelions. They found that dandelions grown in elevated CO2 (730 parts per million, which is double earth's current CO2 concentration of 370 ppm) produced larger and more robust flowers that are capable of distributing more seeds. As atmospheric CO2 continues to increase, dandelion plants will grow bigger and will become more difficult to control The dandelion's occurrence... 
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IUPUI Center Selected To Assist Commission on Local Government ReformWhen Governor Mitch Daniels decided earlier this summer to create a commission to examine and make recommendations on reforming and restructuring local government, he determined he needed two distinguished Hoosiers to co-chair it and a group of experts to host and staff the commission. Daniels announced July 18, 2007, that Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard and former Governor Joe Kernan would co-chair the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Local Government Reform... |
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> Deadline for Irwin Award Nominations Extended
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