Genetically altering crops may be key to helping them adapt to extreme temperatures. But shrinking funds and social acceptance stand in the way.

Laboratory and field experiments have repeatedly demonstrated that modifications to the process of photosynthesis or to the ...

New research shows that turfgrass lawns, even in winter, absorb carbon dioxide and play a key role in reducing urban ...

A middle school science teacher redesigned her life science curriculum as interconnected units anchored in real-world ...

Data that has been lost in the grass could help improve estimates of carbon dioxide emissions from urban areas, according to ...

Data that has been lost in the weeds—or more accurately the turfgrass—could help improve estimates of carbon dioxide ...

Rivers have long played a key role in the planet’s carbon cycle. They move and release gases like carbon dioxide (CO₂) and ...

Researchers at University of Miami have uncovered how ocean viruses hijack photosynthesis, shaping marine ecosystems and global carbon cycles.

Photosynthesis is one of those things you probably learned about in school, tucked somewhere between diagrams of chloroplasts ...

Giant viruses play a role in the survival of single-celled marine organisms called protists. These include algae, amoeba, and ...

Scientists have uncovered over 200 new giant viruses lurking in ocean waters that not only help shape marine ecosystems but ...