We typically think of plants strutting their best stuff aboveground: showy flowers, fragrant blossoms, and unique shapes abound. But their development belowground is equally magical.
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Dead or Alive: Seagrasses Continue to Release Methane After Their Die-off
Seagrass meadows play an important role in the marine carbon cycle and our climate.
Drought Depletes a Reservoir in Spain, Revealing a Ghost Village
The 1992 opening of the Alto Lindoso Dam on the border of Spain and Portugal flooded the town of Aceredo, Spain.
Ending the Debate: New Research Solves Longstanding Antarctic Climate Change Mystery
New research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst definitively resolves a long-standing discrepancy in the geologic record that pitted studies of marine ice-sheet behavior against those that reconstructed past conditions on land.
Computer Models Show How Crop Production Increases Soil Nitrous Oxide Emissions
A recent ecosystem modeling study conducted by Iowa State University scientists shows how crop production in the United States has led to an increase in the emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, throughout the last century.
Lichens Are in Danger of Losing the Evolutionary Race With Climate Change
Algae are more than just the green scum that shows up on aquarium walls.


