1
2
Sep. 1, 2021 —Invasive shrubs in Northeastern forests that sprout leaves earlier in the spring and keep them longer in the fall not only absorb more sunlight than native shrubs, but their foliage lowers air ...
Apr. 15, 2021 —More severe and frequent fires in the Alaskan boreal forest are emitting vast stores of carbon, but new research from shows those losses are offset by the fast-growing deciduous trees that replace ...
Feb. 16, 2021 —As the climate warms in the Arctic, shrubs expand towards higher latitudes and altitudes. Researchers investigated the impacts of dwarf shrubs on tundra soils in the sub-Arctic ...
May 19, 2021 —An ecologist investigates pest infestation in forests with mixed and monoculture tree ...
Nov. 30, 2020 —Researchers have identified a self-regulating mechanism in European deciduous trees that limits their growing-season length: Trees that photosynthesize more in spring and summer lose their leaves ...
Dec. 3, 2020 —Leaf microbiomes of sugar maple trees vary across the species' range, changing in accordance with the types of trees in the surrounding ...
Aug. 12, 2021 —Researchers have studied how two characteristic Arctic-alpine plant species respond to global warming. They did this by analyzing almost 500 million of their own readings from the mountainous region ...
Feb. 23, 2021 —The plant that encourages kissing at Christmas is in fact a parasite, and new research reveals mistletoe has an unusual feeding strategy. When two mistletoes invade the same tree, they increase ...
Mar. 28, 2023 —In North America's hottest, driest desert, climate change is causing the decline of plants once thought nearly immortal and replacing them with shorter shrubs that can take advantage of sporadic ...
Nov. 3, 2021 —A study has found that periodic mass outbreaks of leaf-munching caterpillars can improve the water quality of nearby lakes - but may also increase the lakes' carbon dioxide ...