As climate change is expected to lead to more frequent periods of drought, researchers are increasingly working to make discoveries that can help plants adapt to prolonged water stress.
Finding Genes to Help Fruit Adapt to Droughts
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Researchers Discover Root Exudates Have Surprising and Counterintuitive Impact on Soil Carbon Storage
Ecosystem ecology studies often focus on what’s happening to plants above ground, for instance exploring photosynthesis or water loss in leaves.
Dormant Microbes Can ‘Switch on’ to Cope With Climate Change
Dormant strains of bacteria that have previously adapted to cope with certain temperatures are switched back on during climatic change, according to a report published today in eLife.
Warming and Acidification Threatens Organisms
Global warming and ocean acidification are threatening marine organisms, such as corals, bryozoans, molluscs, sea urchins or crustaceans, that build their skeletons and shells with calcium carbonate (chalk) according to a new study published this week in the journal Ecography.
When Will Antarctica’s Ice Cliffs Come Crashing Down?
As increased warming in Antarctica causes glaciers to retreat and shed their increasingly-unstable shelves, towering walls of ice are left looming high above the sea.
The Evolution of Asia’s Mammals Was Dictated by Ancient Climate Change and Rising Mountains
The idea that climate change and geological events can shape evolution isn’t a new one: anyone who’s heard of dinosaurs knows that a big change in the environment (like, say, a meteor hitting the Earth 66 million years ago and causing a chain reaction of storms, earthquakes, cold, and darkness) can dictate how animals live, die, and evolve.
