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Climate change made the Arctic greener. Now parts of it are turning brown.
Arctic browning could have far-reaching consequences for people and wildlife, affecting habitat and atmospheric carbon uptake as well as increasing wildfire risk.
By Hannah Hoag | 7:00am, April 11, 2019
Silverleaf whiteflies
News | Plants
A major crop pest can make tomato plants lie to their neighbors
By Susan Milius | 6:00am, April 04, 2019
joshua tree
It's Alive | Plants
Shutdown aside, Joshua trees live an odd life
By Susan Milius | 8:00am, February 06, 2019
3-D visualization chloroplasts fighting microbes
Science Visualized | Plants
How light-farming chloroplasts morph into defensive warriors
By Jeremy Rehm | 8:00am, January 28, 2019
tobacco farmer
News | Plants
A new way to genetically tweak photosynthesis boosts plant growth
By Maria Temming | 2:00pm, January 03, 2019
conifer fossil
News | Plants
More plants survived the world’s greatest mass extinction than thought
By Laurel Hamers | 2:12pm, December 20, 2018
South American maize varieties
News | Plants
Corn domestication took some unexpected twists and turns
By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, December 13, 2018
scientists with hybrid rice plants
News | Plants
Hybrid rice engineered with CRISPR can clone its seeds
By Susan Milius | 3:52pm, December 12, 2018
cactus spine poking a finger
News in Brief | Plants
Cactus spine shapes determine how they stab victims
By Jennifer Leman | 6:00am, November 27, 2018
researcher holding sockeye salmon
The Science Life | Plants
How researchers flinging salmon inadvertently spurred tree growth
By Laurel Hamers | 1:54pm, October 30, 2018
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