Some climate activists advocate large-scale tree-planting campaigns in forests around the world to suck up heat-trapping carbon dioxide and help rein in climate change.
Forests and Climate Change: ‘We Can’t Plant Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis’
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How to Beat the Heat: Memory Mechanism Allows Plants to Adapt to Heat Stress
Researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology find that plants adapt to heat stress via an epigenetic memory mechanism, where JUMONJI proteins control small heat shock genes.
Mosquito Populations Booming After Recent Rains
Three varieties to worry about, control and repel.
Research Establishes Safe Water Thresholds for Antimicrobials, Advancing the Battle Against Resistance
Researchers have made progress towards a G7 commitment to establish safe standards for the release of antimicrobials into the environment, by developing a new framework that establishes safe thresholds.
Machine Learning Model Doubles Accuracy of Global Landslide ‘Nowcasts’
Every year, landslides – the movement of rock, soil, and debris down a slope – cause thousands of deaths, billions of dollars in damages, and disruptions to roads and power lines.
World-First Discovery Could Fuel the New Green Ammonia Economy
In a world-first, Monash University scientists have developed a new, environmentally friendly process that could drive the future production of green ammonia.
