Here’s what a leaf looks like during a fatal attack of bubbles
Simple equipment triumphs in revealing how bubbles kill plant leaves during drought
DEATH BY BUBBLE Mundane tools beat fancy X-ray setups in tracking how invading air bubbles kill leaves during drought, as seen in (clockwise from top) a Pteris fern, oak leaf and Adiantum fern.
T.J. Brodribb et al/PNAS 2016