Tag: plants
Flowers grown floating on polluted waterways can help clean up nutrient...
Jazmin Locke-Rodriguez, Florida International University and Krishnaswamy Jayachandran, Florida International University
Flowers grown on inexpensive floating platforms can help...
Amid growing legalization, cannabis in culture and politics is the focus...
Hillary Jeanne Haldane, Quinnipiac University
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S....
That sharp, green smell of freshly cut grass? It’s a plant’s...
Sasimonthakan Tanarsuwongkul, University of South Carolina
Have you ever wondered about that sharp, green note that hits your nose...
Exposing plants to an unusual chemical early on may bolster their...
Brad Binder, University of Tennessee
Just like any other organism, plants can get stressed. Usually it’s conditions like heat...
What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and...
Kyra Clark-Wolf, University of Colorado Boulder and Philip Higuera, University of Montana
Strong winds blew across mountain slopes after...
When Greenland was green: Ancient soil from beneath a mile of...
Paul Bierman, University of Vermont and Tammy Rittenour, Utah State University
About 400,000 years ago, large parts of Greenland...
How do spices get their flavor?
Beronda L. Montgomery, Grinnell College
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Colonialism has shaped scientific plant collections around the world – here’s...
Daniel Park, Purdue University
Some of the world’s most popular museums are natural history collections: Think of dinosaur fossils,...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
