Researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that causes increased forest water use, advances understanding of soil biogeochemical control of forest water cycles and highlights threats to plants from water stress under acid deposition, according to a new study.
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Clearing up the ‘Dark Side’ of Artificial Leaves
While artificial leaves hold promise as a way to take carbon dioxide — a potent greenhouse gas — out of the atmosphere, there is a “dark side to artificial leaves that has gone overlooked for more than a decade,” according to Meenesh Singh, assistant professor of chemical engineering in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering.
Animal Friendships ‘Change with the Weather’ in the Masai Mara
When it comes to choosing which other species to hang out with, wild animals quite literally change their minds with the weather, a new University of Liverpool study reveals.
How to Recognise Where a Volcano Will Erupt
Most of the times you see the eruption of a volcano on TV or the internet, the magma shoots right out of its top.
Krypton Reveals Ancient Water Beneath the Israeli Desert
Getting reliable precipitation data from the past has proven difficult, as is predicting regional changes for climate models in the present.
NASA Finds Tropical Storm Wipha Whipped Up
Tropical Storm Wipha formed quickly in the South China Sea.