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Planting trees could buy more time to fight climate change than thought
Earth has nearly a billion hectares suitable for new forests to start trapping carbon, a study finds.
By Susan Milius | 9:02am, July 17, 2019
green algae
Reviews & Previews | Plants
‘Slime’ shows how algae have shaped our climate, evolution and daily lives
By Erika Engelhaupt | 7:00am, July 01, 2019
wheat dew
News in Brief | Plants
‘Sneezing’ plants may spread pathogens to their neighbors
By Emily Conover | 7:01pm, June 18, 2019
cemetery excavation
News | Plants
People may have smoked marijuana in rituals 2,500 years ago in western China
By Bruce Bower | 2:01pm, June 12, 2019
fungi network
News | Plants
Some fungi trade phosphorus with plants like savvy stockbrokers
By Susan Milius | 10:00am, June 10, 2019
Pteris vittata ferns
News in Brief | Plants
How one fern hoards toxic arsenic in its fronds and doesn’t die
By Carolyn Wilke | 9:00am, June 04, 2019
uprooted plant
News | Plants
Some plants use hairy roots and acid to access nutrients in rock
By Yao-Hua Law | 7:00am, May 22, 2019
pollen
News | Plants
How allergens in pollen help plants do more than make you sneeze
By Susan Milius | 8:00am, May 19, 2019
fox snout pouch
News in Brief | Plants
An ancient pouch reveals the hallucinogen stash of an Andes shaman
By Bruce Bower | 3:00pm, May 06, 2019
Alaska landscape
Feature | Plants
Climate change made the Arctic greener. Now parts of it are turning brown.
By Hannah Hoag | 7:00am, April 11, 2019
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