Ghost ponds hide 150-year-old plants

摘要

WE'RE raising the dead. Well, almost. Plants discovered in "ghost ponds" are being revived after lurking underground as dormant seeds for up to 150 years. These so-called ghost ponds are formed when agricultural land expansion means that existing ponds are filled in, and buried alive, says Emily Alderton, at University College London (UCL), who led the study.