Ecologists with a burning desire to protect forests have grim news for the western United States.
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Dale Maylea
Eurekalert
Botanists say the largest amber-preserved flower is a new species
The flower, first discovered over 150 years ago, has yielded new clues from its pollen.
Pollinators like moths are increasingly missing from a warming subarctic
The complex relationships between plants and their pollinators in subarctic Finland have changed dramatically across the last century
Photosynthesis signals revealed
Plant cell communications could help cure cancer in humans.
An early start to the growing season doesn’t lead to a longer growing season in the Alps
Global warming is leading to longer growing seasons worldwide, with many plants growing earlier in spring and continuing longer in autumn thanks to warmer temperatures—so the general opinion. Now, however, plant...
Herbivores munch the most helpful trees in tropical forests
Herbivory is a key factor in controlling nitrogen limitation and carbon sequestration by tropical forests affected by climate change.
Jet lagged plants pave the way to first digital plant
You can listen to this page as an audio file. Scientists have made a significant step towards building the world’s first digital plant by developing a sophisticated computational model which has also solved one of...
Your lawn can identify the traces of vehicle pollution
Mobile and plant-based measurements of fossil fuel CO2 can help quantify decarbonization progress in cities
Attracting bees is not always a smooth process for plants
Cambridge researchers have shown that plants can regulate the chemistry of their petal surface to create iridescent signals visible to bees.
The future of sweet corn turns sour
Heat during flowering damages the kernels before they develop.
Plants remember how much warmer than usual it was last year
Stress memories using epigenetics are helping plants adapt to climate change.
How does it feel?
Plants might not feel pain as such, but they need a way to get damage signals around their body. A new study uncovers some of the process.
Lianas more likely to infest smaller trees
Sometimes it takes a shorter plant to help a liana get to the top.
The importance of light for grassland plant diversity
Field experiment shows that competition for light is the key mechanism driving loss of plant diversity under eutrophication and lack of grazing.
