• Welcome to Pleasant Bluff

    13-12-26 Welcome to Pleasant Bluff Caki Wilkinson It's not unpleasant here. The chicken plants and car plants grow like plants. Here, all the sames are different, though a hell-bent countenance(支持,赞同) persists in yards still plugging past elections an...

  • 植物入侵的影响会随时间减弱

    13-11-21 Among the most impressive ecological findings of the past 25 years is the ability of invasive plants to radically change ecosystem function. Yet few if any studies have examined whether ecosystem impacts of invasions persist over time, and what that...

  • 天然气溶胶对气候变化的影响不容小觑

    13-11-07 Natural aerosols(气溶胶) , such as emissions from volcanoes or plants, may contribute more uncertainty than previously thought to estimates of how the climate might respond to greenhouse gas emissions. An international team of researchers, led by...

  • 森林能减少气候变化对濒危物种的影响

    13-11-02 Forests with dense canopies create a microclimate that protects a variety of cold-adapted plant species from warming air temperatures, a study has shown. 一项研究发现,拥有浓密树冠的森林能为一些低温植物创造一个没有热空气的小环境。 Researchers found...

  • 某些树叶可指示金矿的存在

    13-10-23 Money might not grow on trees, but scientists have confirmed that gold is found in the leaves of some plants. 钱不会长在树上,但是科学家证实从某些树的叶子中可以找到黄金。 The scientists found traces of gold in the leaves of Eucalyptus trees Research...

  • 植物显著减缓了地球的气候变化

    13-10-17 Enhanced growth of Earth's leafy greens during the 20th century has significantly slowed the planet's transition to being red-hot, according to the first study to specify the extent to which plants have prevented climate change since pre-industrial...

  • 烧荒种植是蔓越莓除草的好方法

    13-09-17 Cranberries are important agricultural commodities in states such as Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Washington, and Oregon. But cranberry-growing operations are challenged by weeds, which compete for precious resources and often decrease frui...

  • 撒哈拉沙尘的移动之谜

    13-08-24 Satellite pictures of Saharan dust clouds have been in the news all summer, but to Shankar Chellam, they have just raised more questions. How much impact did the Saharan dust have on Houston's air? Is it more toxic than our home-grown dust? Chellam,...

  • 森林吸收CO2的能力是有限的

    13-08-08 Forests have a limited capacity to soak up atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to a new study from Northern Arizona University. The study, available online in the journal New Phytologist, aimed to explore how rising atmospheric carbon dioxide coul...

  • 植物如何避免被晒伤

    13-08-07 A Dartmouth-led team has discovered a group of stress-related proteins that explains how plants avoid sunburn in intense light, a finding that one day could help biotechnologists to develop crops that can better cope with hotter, drier conditions oc...