A new study reveals that roots don’t just support plants - they absorb carbon dioxide too, changing how we understand plant ...
They may respond a bit like us, it turns out: Some trees essentially shut their windows and doors and hold their breath. Plants have pores on the surface of their leaves called stomata. These pores ...
The team's research, conducted on mouse-ear cress — scientific name Arabidopsis thaliana, pictured — and fava beans, or Vicia faba, revealed that sugars, along with maleic acid, a chemical involved in ...
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Plants and Vegetables Can Breathe In Microplastics Through Their Leaves and It Is Already in the Food We Eat
On a humid morning in Tianjin, China, researchers crouched in a public park with clippers and gloves, collecting leaves from hedges, grasses, and garden vegetables. Back in their lab, they did ...
When wildfire smoke is in the air, doctors urge people to stay indoors to avoid breathing in harmful particles and gases. But what happens to trees and other plants that can’t escape? They may respond ...
Trees and other plants can't escape wildfire smoke. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images When wildfire smoke is in the air, doctors urge people to stay indoors to avoid breathing in harmful ...
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Trees don’t like to breathe wildfire smoke, either – and they’ll hold their breath to avoid it
(The Conversation) – When wildfire smoke is in the air, doctors urge people to stay indoors to avoid breathing in harmful particles and gases. But what happens to trees and other plants that can’t ...
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