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Climate: why disinformation is so persistent

A research team has tested six psychological interventions to combat climate misinformation. It shows how difficult it is to combat these messages, which are resistant to scientific information.

Isabel18/12/2023

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Measuring the impact of desert greening

Satellite data reveals a significant cooling impact of vegetation on land surface temperature in the Arabian Peninsula. The study underscores the potential of greening dry areas to mitigate heat stress. The balance between increased evapotranspiration and reduced albedo determines outcomes,…

Isabel06/12/2023

Image: Mutations in plant DNA can be observed as mild effects in some "variegated" plants, where leaves become bleached and lose the ability to photosynthesize (see image). While this may be beautiful in your garden, it is not beneficial for crops. Credit: Iain George Johnston

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New findings on plants’ ingenious defense against mutational damage

Plants avoid mutational damage buildup by leveraging randomness in a process called segregation. Unlike passing on the same mutation to all offspring, plants distribute inherited damage randomly, with some offspring inheriting more mutations than others. This segregation process, faster in…

Isabel05/12/2023

Image: Camelina plants growing in short days. These plants got only 56% as much light as plants in long days, but had a relative growth rate that was 84% of that of the long-day plants. Credit: Yuan Xu

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Plants’ secret to surviving shorter days

New research could help breed plants that are more productive as days grow shorter. The research found that when days are shorter, plants have less time to photosynthesize, so they need to be more efficient with the sunlight they do…

Isabel04/12/2023

Image: The Sphagnum genus of mosses absorbs carbon from the atmosphere, storing it in peat bogs. Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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Researchers develop new method to analyze proteins in ecologically significant moss

Sphagnum divinum, a resilient type of peat moss, is actively evolving in response to hot, dry conditions, defying climate threats. Researchers developed a database with S. divinum’s proteins and a method to determine their functions, shedding light on its adaptive…

Isabel01/12/2023

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