TIANJIN, April 10 (Xinhua) -- A joint study led by Chinese scientists has demonstrated that plant leaves can absorb and accumulate airborne microplastics, revealing a direct pathway for these ...

Stomata are pores on the leaf surface that control gas exchange between leaves and the atmosphere. Stomata differ in shape, size, and number among and ...

In order to take in carbon dioxide to perform photosynthesis, a plant loses water vapour to the atmosphere as the stomata ...

Scientists have released new and more accurate genome sequences for five species of duckweed. Their research reveals the specific genes responsible for some of the plant's most useful traits, allowing ...

Under the right conditions, duckweed essentially farms itself. Wastewater, ponds, puddles, swamps—you name it. If there's ...

Spring, though, again, is the moments. When our eyes flutter awake with birdsong; when light comes before alarms; when we ...

Plants adjust cellular pressure to respond to environmental factors. The evolution of stomata played a major role in changing Earth's atmosphere over the ...

Every time the temperature drops, a cloud passes overhead, or the sun sets, a plant makes a choice: Keep its microscopic ...

Throughout evolution, plants have continuously adapted to survive in changing environments. Apart from complex structural ...

Enhancing boiling heat transfer performance through innovative surface modifications is a cornerstone of the progression of thermal and nuclear power generation, refrigeration, heat pump, and thermal ...

The trees exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen with the atmosphere through little “mouths” in their leaves and tiny “windows” ...