Researchers generate plants with enhanced drought resistance without penalizing growth
Extreme drought is one of the effects of climate change that is already being perceived. A team has obtained plants with increased drought resistance...
One million years of precipitation history of the monsoon reconstructed
With its wind and precipitation patterns, the South Asian Monsoon influences the lives of several billion people. Recent studies indicate that its drivers are...
Florida monarch butterfly populations have dropped 80 percent since 2005
A 37-year survey of monarch populations in North Central Florida shows that caterpillars and butterflies have been declining since 1985 and have dropped by...
Biodiversity draws the ecotourism crowd
Nature -- if you support it, ecotourists will come. Managed wisely, both can win. The balancing act of protecting and fostering biodiversity with hordes...
Climate change causing more severe wildfires, larger insect outbreaks in temperate forests
A warmer, drier climate is expected is increase the likelihood of larger-scale forest disturbances such as wildfires, insect outbreaks, disease and drought, according to...
Dry conditions may have helped a new type of plant gain a foothold on...
Plants reap energy from the sun using two photosynthesis pathways, C3 and C4. A new study suggests that water availability drove the expansion of...
Goldilocks and the optimal mating distance: Neither too small nor too large but just...
Evolutionary theory predicts that the fitness of an individual is maximized when the genetic differences between its parents are neither too small nor too...
Saving wildlife: Using geology to track elusive hawks
Researchers are using isotopic analysis to track where elusive hawks were fledged. This technique helps wildlife managers identify critical habitat.
Images of photosynthetic protein complex splitting water
In a new article presents high-resolution images of photosystem II, the protein complex that splits water into hydrogen ions and oxygen during photosynthesis. The...
Scientists theorize new origin story for Earth’s water
Earth's water may have originated from both asteroidal material and gas left over from the formation of the Sun, according to new research. The...
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