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Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Well-Balanced Ecosystem Uses Water Most Efficiently

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 13 May 20216 March 2023

Excess of a single nutrient, such as nitrogen, may boost plant productivity, but the imbalance leads to less efficient water use as plants scramble for the nutrients they lack.

Maps of London showing the average surface daytime temperature, vegetation activity and Leaf area index during summer.
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Urban Vegetation Key Regulator for Heat Island Intensity

by D. Wuebbles 4 May 202123 February 2023

Satellite data reveals that urban vegetation, especially urban forests, is the most important factor regulating Urban Heat Island intensity.

Detailed image of yellow flowers of Geum reptans growing at the toe of Trobio glacier
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Global Warming Could Rob Liquors of Their Flavor

by Stacy Kish 4 March 202114 October 2021

A new study examines the impact of glacial extinction on biodiversity in alpine regions.

A researcher looks over Frenchman Valley, Chambery Coulee, Saskatchewan.
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Terrestrial Plants Flourished After the Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction

Hannah Thomasy, Science Writer by Hannah Thomasy 26 January 20214 October 2021

Compounds in ancient plant leaves tell the story of how an extinction event shaped our planet’s ecosystems.

World map showing trends of gross primary productivity, increasing in the northern latitudes and decreasing in the tropics
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Water Stress Controls the Capacity of the Terrestrial Carbon Sink

by A. Barros 17 December 20201 March 2023

Despite increased photosynthetic activity at northern latitudes in recent decades, plant productivity in tropical zones suffers because of water limitations.

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

¿Cómo Afecta el Reverdecimiento del Ártico al Agua Subterránea?

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 13 November 20206 February 2023

Nuevas investigaciones examinan cómo los cambios en la ecología de la superficie influyen en la hidrología subterránea en el Ártico.

Two scientists on the flat green tundra—one holds a drone aloft, and one writes in a notebook
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Drones Help Bridge the Gaps in Assessing Global Change

Lesley Evans Ogden, Science Writer by Lesley Evans Ogden 27 August 202011 August 2022

New instruments in the research tool kit bolster scientific understanding of the ecology of a greening Arctic.

Grass and trees in a subtropical swamp on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Ideal Temperatures for Carbon Uptake by Subtropical Plants

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 26 August 202010 February 2022

Air temperatures in coastal ecosystems of Australia routinely exceed the optimum range for photosynthesis, hindering plants’ ability to take up atmospheric carbon.

A forested hillside in California’s Big Sur, with both living and dead trees
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Sudden Oak Death Taking a Toll on U.S. West Coast

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 29 July 202011 January 2022

Researchers have been modeling effects of the plant pathogen Phytophthora ramorum on coastal forests in California and Oregon since it arrived on the West Coast 3 decades ago.

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 202029 March 2023

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

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