This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Friday, 13 May 2022
Once In a Green Moon?
For the first time, biologists have grown plants on soil, brought back from the moon by the Apollo astronauts (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/may/12/scientists-grow-plants-moon-soil-first-time). This soil is quite coarse and contains glass-like fragments from micro-meteorites. The little Thale grass plants appeared stunted, after their first week of growth. Using lunar soil from locations, exposed for longer to cosmic radiation and the solar wind, resulted in more stunting. These results suggest it will be possible (with tweaks?) to grow foods for lunar colonists, without having to take plant bedding material with them.
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