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World can’t rely on tree planting to limit climate change, says report

Nature-based climate solutions, such as planting trees, won’t be anywhere near as big a part of the world’s solution to climate change as governments currently plan for, and relying on them is ‘risky’ according to a report.

Isabel11/01/2024

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Plant metabolism proves more complicated than previously understood

Plants have evolved fiendishly complicated metabolic networks. For years, scientists focused on how plants make secondary metabolites, the compounds that plants produce to enhance their defense and survival mechanisms.

Isabel10/01/2024

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New Insights into Climate Response of Coniferous Forest Ecosystems

New research has made significant strides in understanding how coniferous forest ecosystems may respond to climatic changes. The study investigates the relationship between tree-ring indices (TRI) and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in the context of climate, topography, and…

Isabel09/01/2024

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Biosynthesis of paclitaxel unravelled

Part of modern cancer therapy is the use of chemicals that kill the tumor. Unfortunately, these chemicals are often very complex, difficult to obtain and thus expensive. Researchers have unravelled the biosynthetic pathway of paclitaxel in Yew plants. This discovery…

Isabel08/01/2024

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Climate change Forestry News

New study on the link between biodiversity and climate: How forests smell – a risk for the climate?

Plants emit odours for a variety of reasons, such as to communicate with each other, to deter herbivores or to respond to changing environmental conditions. An interdisciplinary team of researchers carried out a study to investigate how biodiversity influences the…

Isabel05/01/2024

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World can’t rely on tree planting to limit climate change, says report

Plant metabolism proves more complicated than previously understood

New Insights into Climate Response of Coniferous Forest Ecosystems

Biosynthesis of paclitaxel unravelled

New study on the link between biodiversity and climate: How forests smell – a risk for the climate?

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