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Photograph of a seagrass meadow
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Warming and Agitation Intensify Seagrass Meadow Carbon Fluxes

by Jorge Villa 17 October 202212 October 2022

Carbon dioxide emissions surge in sediments when temperature and agitation increase, both of which are likely to continue rising in degraded Mediterranean seagrass meadows.

A blue-gray river runs through a steep mountainous terrane, with the slopes nearest the river coated in green grasses, plants, and coniferous trees.
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What Can Zircons Tell Us About the Evolution of Plants?

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 5 October 202218 October 2022

The versatile mineral could contain evidence of the evolution of land plants and their effect on the sedimentary system.

A map showing global land cover and two graphs.
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Vegetation Carries the Signature of Recent Precipitation

by Valeriy Ivanov 3 October 202228 September 2022

Vegetation response to precipitation is important for near-term weather predictability, and researchers show that such a response can occur within a few days and last up to two months.

Magnified cross section of the internal cellular structure of a young tree.
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Plants Need a Lot of Power to Pump Sap

by Rebecca Dzombak 16 September 202216 September 2022

A novel calculation reveals how much power plants need to move water through their stems—and how plants gain energy from the process.

Viburnum leaf beetle on a chewed leaf
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Plant-Nibbling Insects May Make It Cloudier and Cooler

by Rebecca Dzombak 17 August 202217 August 2022

Insects that eat plant leaves could change the local atmosphere, but current climate models do not account for this impact.

View of the University of Michigan Biological Station
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Using Sap Flow to Infer Plant Hydraulic Properties

by Morgan Rehnberg 29 July 202229 July 2022

The internal hydraulic properties of plants are difficult to measure but may be inferred from observable sap flow.

Three field photographs showing different vegetation types.
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It’s Cool to be Short When You’re in the Arctic Permafrost

by Ankur R. Desai 15 July 202225 July 2022

Extensive ground temperature measurements complicate our understanding of how vegetation cover, snow duration, and microtopography influence the pace of permafrost thaw in a changing climate.

Floating water hyacinths with trapped plastics.
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Remote Sensing Tracks Down “Plastic Plants” in Rivers

by Clarissa Wright 28 June 2022

Researchers are using remote sensing to track floating mats of plastic trapped in water hyacinth plants.

Aerial view of a coastal mangrove wetland in Abu Dhabi.
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Planting Wetlands Could Help Stave Off Climate Catastrophe

by Jennifer Schmidt 1 June 20221 June 2023

A shift in priority and approach to wetland restoration could reduce atmospheric carbon.

Planta Arabidopsis de dos semanas cultivada en un regolito lunar. La planta es pequeña y ella y el regolito se encuentran al centro de la imagen dentro de un recipiente de cristal transparente.
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El suelo lunar permite cultivar plantas

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 1 June 202227 March 2023

Plantas cultivadas en regolito lunar recolectado por las misiones Apollo crecieron con éxito desde la semilla hasta el retoño, brindando así información sobre las futuras perspectivas de la agricultura lunar.

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