Cell walls are a crucial structure of plant life, protecting cells from damage, giving plants shape, and containing energy-rich nutrients. And yet the process of how the walls begin to […]
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Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Plant Biology, Press Release
Habitable World Assays: New Satellite Dataset Sheds Light On Earth’s Plant Growth
In the field of environmental and climate science, researchers have developed the Comprehensive Mechanistic Light Response (CMLR) gross primary production (GPP) dataset. Derived from the TROPOMI satellite’s solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence […]
Posted inExtremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Plant Biology
New Species of Metal-eating Plant Discovered
Scientists from the University of the Philippines, Los Banos have discovered a new plant species with an unusual lifestyle — it eats nickel for a living — accumulating up to […]
Posted inArctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Plant Biology
Plants Frozen For Centuries Spring Back to Life
When Catherine La Farge threads her way through the recently exposed terrain left behind by retreating glaciers, she looks at the ancient plant remains a lot closer than most. Now, […]