Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...
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A new study has revealed the critical role of plant roots in enhancing water movement through wetland soils, offering ...
Researchers at MIT are developing innovative agricultural technologies such as stress-signaling plants, microbial fertilizers, and protective seed coatings to adapt farming to climate change and ...
Earth’s warming could trigger sweeping changes in the natural world that would be hard, if not impossible, to reverse. At the U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan, world leaders are gathered in ...