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التربة المكهربة تزيد نمو النباتات

by Saugat Bolakhe 8 March 20248 March 2024

خمسة أيام من الكهرباء المنخفضة الجهد الموجهة إلى جذور النباتات الناشئة عززت نموها بأكثر من 50 بالمئة.

A large plume of gray-brown smoke and ash covers most of the sky above the waterfront in Hobart Harbor, Tasmania, Australia.
Posted inScience Updates

The Open Ocean, Aerosols, and Every Other Breath You Take

by Rachel Shelley, Morgane M. G. Perron, Douglas S. Hamilton and Akinori Ito 1 March 20241 March 2024

Phytoplankton and other marine plants produce half of Earth’s atmospheric oxygen and have big effects on food webs and climate. To do so, they rely on nutrients from the sky that are hard to quantify.

A photo of Central Park in New York City shows a lake in the foreground, trees in the midground, and skyscrapers in the background. The trees and buildings are reflected in the lake.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Urban Nature Is Often Plentiful but Inaccessible

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 28 February 202428 February 2024

A novel research framework deepens understanding of urban nature accessibility and highlights progress toward green space goals.

A 100× magnified image of stomata on a tulip leaf. The photo looks like a series of stripes interspersed with doughnut shapes. The colors are iridescent purple, orange, and green.
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Climate Models Often Miss How Plants Respond to Drought

by Rebecca Owen 5 February 202422 March 2024

New research suggests that Earth system models are underestimating the effect of low moisture levels on plants’ abilities to exchange carbon, water, and energy with the atmosphere.

A close-up of a plug of black material inside a plastic container with a barley seedling coming out of the top
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Electrified Soil Powers Plant Growth

by Saugat Bolakhe 31 January 202411 March 2024

Five days of low-power electricity directed to the roots of young plants boosted their growth by more than 50%.

The Han dynasty wall is a brown structure of grass-filled layers.
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Looking for Climate Clues in China’s Great Wall

by J. Besl 2 January 202423 September 2024

Looking for Climate Clues in China’s Great Wall
In northwestern China, desert conditions have preserved the farthest reaches of the Great Wall. Scientists are now exploring 2,000-year-old building materials for signs of the region’s past climate.

To the right of a vast wetland, with tall reeds of wild rice covering the ground, sit three canoes, and a person stands and looks across the landscape.
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Climate Change Threatens the Future of Wild Rice

by Grace van Deelen 18 December 202321 December 2023

As a precious plant struggles to thrive in the U.S. Upper Midwest, researchers are taking steps to understand the reasons for its decline.

Aerial view of a tall metal frame tower towering over a forest under a cloudy sky and with snow-covered mountains in the distance. An illustrated rainbow-colored beam from the tower to the ground is superimposed on the photo.
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Ecosystem Observations from Every Angle

by Zoe Pierrat, Troy Magney, Xi Yang, Anam Khan and Loren Albert 14 December 202314 December 2023

Proximal remote sensing provides a bridge between ecosystem flux data at Earth’s surface and optical data from satellite sensors, improving our grasp of feedbacks between terrestrial ecosystems and climate.

Trees stand behind pasture along the Carmelita Route.
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Guatemala Is Reclaiming Overexploited Forests

by Meghie Rodrigues 27 November 202327 November 2023

Researchers, local communities, and authorities are tackling deforestation and forest degradation at the Maya Biosphere Reserve.

Hops cones on a hop plant
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A Not-So-Hoppy Future for Beer Drinkers?

by Bill Morris 20 November 202320 November 2023

New research examining the impact of climate change on hops production has brewed up a storm.

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