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closeMedia Coverage of This Article
Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 03 Feb 2012 at 23:42 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: GreenReport.it
Title: “Clamorosa scoperta: le praterie di posidonia del Mediterraneo sono cloni vecchi migliaia di anni”
http://www.greenreport.it...
Publication: Live Science
Title: “Behemoth Seagrass Clones Among Earth's Oldest Organisms | Clonal Organisms & Earth's Largest Organisms | Seagress Meadows | LiveScience”
http://www.livescience.co...
Publication: Science Codex
Title: “Seagrass meadow found to be composed of extremely old, large organisms | Science Codex”
http://www.sciencecodex.c...
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RE: Media Coverage of This Article
ppolischuk replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 10 Feb 2012 at 22:13 GMT
Additional media coverage:
Publication: boingboing.net
Title: "The oldest thing in the world"
http://boingboing.net/201...
RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
ppolischuk replied to ppolischuk on 10 Feb 2012 at 22:21 GMT
Publication: New Scientist
"Patch of seagrass is world's oldest living organism"
http://www.newscientist.c...
Publication: The Telegraph
"'Oldest living thing on earth' discovered"
http://www.telegraph.co.u...
RE: RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to ppolischuk on 10 Feb 2012 at 22:39 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: BBC
Title: “BBC Nature - Seagrass 'tens of thousands of years old'”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/natu...
Publication: International Business Times UK
Title: “Oldest Living Thing: Seagrass and 5 Other Oldest Organisms [PHOTOS] - International Business Times”
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/...
Publication: Huffington Post
Title: “Oldest Living Thing: Seagrass?”
http://www.huffingtonpost...
Publication: Care 2
Title: “'Oldest Living Thing On Earth' Threatened By Climate Change | Care2 Causes”
http://www.care2.com/caus...
Publication: Parramattasun.com.au
Title: “Seagrass oldest living thing on earth - National News - National - General - Parramatta Sun”
http://www.parramattasun....
Publication: Daily Galaxy
Title: “EcoNews: 80,000-Year-Old 15-Kilometer Long Swath of Seagrass is World's Oldest Living Organism”
http://www.dailygalaxy.co...
Publication: io9
Title: “This seagrass could be a hundred thousand years old”
http://io9.com/5882473/th...
Publication: Truth Dive
Title: “Mediterranean seagrass believed to be world's oldest living organism | TruthDive”
http://truthdive.com/2012...
Publication: Gather News
Title: “Oldest Living Thing on Earth Found: Why is it... | Gather”
http://news.gather.com/vi...
Publication: Voice of America
Title: “Self-Cloning Seagrass May Be World's Oldest Living Thing | Environment | English”
http://www.voanews.com/en...
Publication: University of Western Australia
Title: “Sea monster is world's oldest living thing | University News : University News : The University of Western Australia”
http://www.news.uwa.edu.a...
Publication: Huliq
Title: “Oldest Living Thing Discovered In Mediterranean Sea | HULIQ”
http://www.huliq.com/1209...
Publication: French Tribune
Title: “Seagrass: Oldest Plant of Earth, Claims Australian And European Scientists | French Tribune”
http://frenchtribune.com/...
Publication: International Business Times
Title: “Oldest Living Thing on Earth, Posidonia Oceanica, Discovered to be Over 100,000 Years Old - International Business Times”
http://www.ibtimes.com/ar...
Publication: International Business Times
Title: “Oldest Living Thing on Earth, Posidonia Oceanica, Discovered: 5 Other Oldest Organisms [PHOTOS] - International Business Times”
http://www.ibtimes.com/ar...
Publication: Popular Science
Title: “200,000-Year-Old Patch of Seagrass Is the World's Oldest Living Organism | Popular Science”
http://www.popsci.com/sci...
Publication: Mother Nature Network
Title: “Massive seagrass clones are oldest living things | MNN - Mother Nature Network”
http://www.mnn.com/earth-...
Publication: The Inquisitr
Title: “Oldest Living Thing Discovered by Scientists, Is Relatively Ordinary”
http://www.inquisitr.com/...
Publication: Guardian
Title: “Mediterranean seagrass could be hundreds of thousands of years old | Science | guardian.co.uk”
http://www.guardian.co.uk...
Publication: Daily Mail
Title: “World's oldest living organism is 200,00-year-old seagrass | Mail Online”
http://www.dailymail.co.u...
Publication: UPI
Title: “World's oldest living thing studied - UPI.com”
http://www.upi.com/Scienc...
Publication: Weekly World News
Title: “OLDEST LIVING THING ON EARTH! | Weekly World News”
http://weeklyworldnews.co...
Publication: Newser
Title: “Earth's Oldest Living Thing Is... - Giant seagrass, called 'Posidonia oceanic,' likely at least 100K years old”
http://www.newser.com/sto...
Publication: The Conversation
Title: “100,000-year-old seagrass could be the world's oldest organism”
http://theconversation.ed...
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RE: RE: RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 17 Feb 2012 at 23:20 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: The Portugal News
Title: “Portuguese scientists discover world's oldest living organism”
http://www.theportugalnew...
Publication: Telegram.com
Title: “Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com - An eternity beneath the waves”
http://www.telegram.com/a...
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RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 02 Mar 2012 at 22:40 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Scientific American Blogs
Title: “MegaGrass Discovered in Mediterranean Marine Meadows | The Artful Amoeba, Scientific American Blog Network”
http://blogs.scientificam...
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