Tinkering with the enzyme Rubisco, they created plants that respond to rising levels of atmospheric CO2 with increased ...

As Australia swelters through a scorching summer, the nation's flora is facing not just extreme heat, but also prolonged heat ...

Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much lower ...

A new study by Connecticut College provides strong evidence that palm trees once thrived in subarctic Canada, reshaping ...

It may sound strange, but plants can remember stress. Scientists are still learning about how plants do this without a brain.

A new study led by Connecticut College professor Peter Siver provides strong evidence that palm trees once flourished in ...

Salinity has been an enemy of agriculture for millennia because even though many crops can withstand low to moderate salt ...

Climate change and habitat destruction are driving species to extinction at an alarming rate. The impact extends across all ...

The EU wants to keep old trees standing to help hit decarbonization targets. But foresters resent what they regard as meddling, and insist they know best how to oversee the land ...

Instead, they leveraged evolutionary relationships between plants to estimate key hydrologic traits, significantly expanding the data available for global climate modeling. Study lead author James ...