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As the wind blows across the drylands of Namibia, sand clusters around isolated plants.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Tool for Understanding Landscape Evolution in Drylands

by J. Lunn 26 April 201711 February 2022

Combining vegetation distribution models and sediment transport models offers a better understanding of how dryland environments change in response to different factors.

A partial frame from a movie showing land cover change across the United States, created by Descartes Labs.
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Tracking Global Change with a Cloud-Based Living Atlas

by Aaron Sidder 19 December 20165 October 2021

With their feet in the cloud, Descartes Labs is pushing the limit of how we study the Earth with satellite images.

American sweetgum in Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Mass.
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How Do Trees Respond to Climate Change? Clues from an Arboretum

by U. Chrobak 13 December 2016

The rich diversity of trees at arboreta may allow scientists to home in on the specific traits that allow trees to grow faster or slower in response to warming temperatures.

Coal-burning power plant in West Virginia.
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Air Pollutant Plays Lesser Role in Climate Change Than Expected

by L. Joel 26 October 20167 July 2022

Satellite data indicate that pollution control efforts that curbed levels of sulfur dioxide gas did not cause a major decrease in carbon dioxide absorption by plants.

Methane-releasing vegetation flourishes in small freshwater Arctic tundra ponds
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Aquatic Plants May Accelerate Arctic Methane Emissions

by R. Heisman 22 September 201611 August 2022

About two thirds of the gas produced by a study area near Barrow, Alaska, came from increasingly abundant greenery covering only 5% of the landscape, researchers estimate.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Nitrogen Garners Starring Role in Refined Earth System Model

by S. Kelleher 19 April 20167 July 2022

Scientists create a more realistic representation of plant nitrogen uptake and usage to improve global climate simulations.

Posted inNews

Climate Change Freezes Mountain Wildflower Reproduction

by C. Sullivan 22 February 201622 February 2016

New research provides evidence that plants that flower earlier in the year because of climate warming experience more frost damage and have less reproductive success.

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Woody Vines Limit How Much Carbon Tropical Forests Sequester

by JoAnna Wendel 21 October 20152 November 2021

Vines called lianas, which store less carbon than trees, are winning the competition for sunlight and water.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Airborne Sensor Can Track Photosynthesis Efficiency

by C. Palmer 7 August 20157 July 2022

Remote estimation of fluorescence emitted by plants can indicate variations in photosynthesis performance.

Posted inNews

Fungus, Physics Explain Weird Tresses of Ice 

by C. Reed 29 July 20156 August 2015

Alfred Wegener, of plate tectonics fame, proposed a link nearly 100 years ago between fungi and "hair ice" on dead wood. A new study has identified the fungus and how it may influence ice structure.

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