Water levels, plant life, and wildlife behavior shift constantly. What looks quiet on the surface often reflects ...
AMES, Iowa – Hongqing Guo studies a gene that affects both how plants grow and how they respond to environmental threats, hoping to unravel – and then harness – the balancing act between fortifying ...
Climate change also alters nitrogen in soils and plants, shaping food quality, water safety, and pollution risks worldwide.
On February 2, 1887, residents of Punxsutawney Pennsylvania consulted a large rodent regarding the arrival of spring, marking the first official celebration of Groundhog Day. Our ability to predict ...
A collaboration between scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of Greifswald in Germany has uncovered a powerful new way volcanoes give life to the Earth: ...
Tundra plants can eek out an existence in the very short summers of the Canadian High Arctic such as here on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. (Anne Bjorkman, University of Gothenburg) Rapid climate change ...
When winter rolls around, it often feels like your thriving plants suddenly turn into a sad, droopy mess. You put in the ...
A new study shows it's possible for researchers to predict plant growth cycles, like leaf production and flowering time, with much more accuracy than ever before. The authors say this will be a ...