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Aerial view of treetops, vegetation, and a stream in Puerto Rico
Posted inResearch Spotlights

In Vegetation Growth Studies, What You Measure Matters

by Morgan Rehnberg 27 July 20207 July 2022

Different satellite-based metrics for global vegetation coverage tell complementary, but not identical, stories.

Illustration of submerged aquatic vegetation with molecules of calcium carbonate
Posted inNews

Aquatic Plants May Help Chesapeake Bay Resist Ocean Acidification

by JoAnna Wendel 9 July 202031 March 2022

In freshwater vegetation flats upstream of the Chesapeake, chemical reactions create molecules that raise pH levels in the bay.

Dry, vegetated landscape near the Santa Clara River in California
Posted inScience Updates

Mapping Vegetation Health Around the World

by C. M. Lee, J. B. Fisher and S. J. Hook 8 July 202015 October 2021

A new spaceborne sensor monitors Earth’s surface temperature at a resolution higher than ever before, providing information on ecosystem responses to changes in water availability and climate stressors.

A rocky landscape with short vegetation in the Canadian tundra
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Does a Greening Arctic Affect Groundwater Recharge?

by Kate Wheeling 11 June 202011 August 2022

New research examines how shifts in aboveground ecology influence belowground hydrology in the Arctic.

Photograph of brown patches on potato leaves
Posted inEditors' Vox

Removal of Ozone Air Pollution by Terrestrial Ecosystems

by O. Clifton 1 June 202022 December 2021

Tropospheric ozone is removed at Earth’s surface through uptake by plant stomata and other nonstomatal deposition pathways, with impacts on air pollution, ecosystem health, and climate.

A canopy view of Morgan-Monroe State Forest in southern Indiana
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Hardwood Forest Soils Are Sinks for Plant-Produced Volatiles

by David Shultz 7 May 202029 September 2021

New research identifies temperature, moisture, and soil fungi as important factors in influencing how biogenic volatile organic compounds cycle between plants and the atmosphere.

Arial photo of the Duke Forest tree canopy
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Reforestation as a Local Cooling Mechanism

by Aaron Sidder 2 April 20203 May 2022

Reforestation has been shown to cool surface temperatures, and a novel study suggests it may also reduce air temperature up to several stories above the ground.

Hillsides covered in neat rows of olive trees
Posted inNews

Climate Change Will Reduce Spanish Olive Oil Production

by Javier Barbuzano 19 March 20203 May 2022

Increased droughts will reduce southern Spain’s olive oil output by 30% before the end of the century.

Four researchers study and take notes on leaves in a forest on the Tibetan Plateau in China.
Posted inNews

Early Sprouting of Leaves Enhances Northern Hemisphere Warming

by Tim Hornyak 18 March 202019 March 2020

As leaf out has been advancing 4–5 days per decade, scientists say the effect of vegetation on climate remains poorly understood.

Thick pine forest of Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in Cape Cod, Mass.
Posted inNews

New England Forests Were Historically Shaped by Climate, Not People

by Rachel Fritts 28 February 20209 May 2022

A first-of-its-kind study combining paleoecology and archeology indicates that the New England landscape was not actively managed with fire prior to European arrival.

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