Nursery growers in western North Carolina were devastated by Hurricane Helene. Their road to recovery is long and complicated ...

The East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources estimated in a 2023 study that the invasion of water hyacinth ...

The video of the Harbor Island is basically one big grassy field. One that soon could be turned into a multi-billion dollar ...

Plants need water to make their own food. This is called photosynthesis. It happens in plant leaves. Plants also need carbon dioxide from air and sunlight to make their food. Slide 1 of 3 ...

These take in oxygen when above water and allow water into the plant and filter out salt when under water. Leaves which store salt and then drop off. All plants need light for photosynthesis.

New owners may wonder how often to water Christmas cactus plants. The answer will vary by the plant's size, location, ambient moisture levels, and soil type. These cacti aren’t desert specimens ...

How does water move through plants to get to the top of tall trees? Here we describe the pathways and mechanisms driving water uptake and transport through plants, and causes of flow disruption.

Spreading sludge on farm fields occurs today even as regulators are identifying unsafe levels of forever chemicals in the state’s rivers, streams, drinking water plants and private wells.

“An upright leaf structure harvests more sunlight and will respond in yield if sunlight is the limiting factor,” Ferrie notes. “Corn hybrids with more of a ‘floppy’ leaf type will maximize leaf area ...