James Dinneen

Contributing Writer

Sculpted, latticed structure of a grain of olive pollen.

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How the ‘Diamond of the Plant World’ Helped Land Plants Evolve

July 19, 2022

Structural studies of the robust material called sporopollenin reveal how it made plants hardy enough to reproduce on dry land.

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James Dinneen is a science journalist from Colorado based in New York. He reports on the environment for New Scientist, and has also written for other publications, including National Geographic, Undark, Yale Environment 360 and The Boston Globe. You can find more of his work through his website, jamesdinneen.wordpress.com.

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