The Amazon rainforest has evolved over millions of years and even through ice ages.
Amazon Forest Can Be Trained by Higher Rainfall Variability – But May Be No Match for Climate Change
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Study Looks to Iron from Microbes for Climate Help
Distributing iron particles produced by bacteria could “fertilize” microscopic ocean plants and ultimately lower atmospheric carbon levels, according to a new paper in Frontiers.
The Future of Agriculture is Computerized
What goes into making plants taste good? For scientists in MIT’s Media Lab, it takes a combination of botany, machine-learning algorithms, and some good old-fashioned chemistry.
Transparent Wood Can Store and Release Heat
Wood may seem more at home in log cabins than modern architecture, but a specially treated type of timber could be tomorrow’s trendy building material.
Wild Bees Flock to Forested Areas Affected by Severe Fire
A groundbreaking two-year study in southern Oregon found greater abundance and diversity of wild bees in areas that experienced moderate and severe forest fires compared to areas with low-severity fires.
Coral Study Traces Excess Nitrogen to Maui Wastewater Treatment Facility
A new method for reconstructing changes in nitrogen sources over time has enabled scientists to connect excess nutrients in the coastal waters of West Maui, Hawaii, to a sewage treatment facility that injects treated wastewater into the ground.
