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Genomic Gymnastics Help Sorghum Plant Survive Drought

December 3, 2019

A new study published this week provides the first detailed look at how the plant exercises exquisite control over its genome...

New Function in a Protein of Plants Essential to Developing Drought-Tolerant Crops

September 27, 2019

The BAG4 protein regulates the flow of potassium in occlusive cells, which optimizes the use of water by the plant

Sesame Yields Stable in Drought Conditions

September 18, 2019

Agronomists have been researching various alternative crops that will grow well in western Texas

Predicting Heat Waves? Look Half a World Away

April 15, 2019

When thunderstorms brew over the tropics, a California heat wave is soon to follow

Droughts Could Hit Aging Power Plants Hard

March 27, 2019

Warmer, lower rivers from climate change might leave some U.S. power plants high and dry

Stalagmite Holds Key to Predicting Droughts, Floods for India

March 26, 2019

Each year, monsoon rains between June and September provide water for roughly 1.5 billion people in India

A Faster, More Accurate Way to Monitor Drought

March 5, 2019

Thermal stress measurements sound the alarm about drought conditions sooner

Space Technology Predicts Droughts Several Months in Advance

January 29, 2019

Researchers used data from multiple satellites to measure water below the Earth's surface with unprecedented precision...

Tree-Ring Analysis Explains Physiology Behind Drought Intolerance

December 26, 2018

Scientists studied 2,800 hectares of mixed-conifer forest in central Oregon

The Unintended Consequences of Dams and Reservoirs

November 14, 2018

Building dams and reservoirs is one of the most common approaches to cope with drought and water shortage

Amazon Forests Failing to Keep up with Climate Change

November 8, 2018

Researchers used long-term records from more than 100 plots to track the lives of individual trees across the Amazon reg...

Researchers to Present New Results on Hurricanes and Other Extreme Events

July 19, 2018

Ecosystem resilience and human well-being is a key topic of an ecological sciences conference

Drought-Induced Changes in Forest Composition Amplify Effects of Climate Change on Carbon Storage

March 22, 2018

A UF researcher and his team based their findings on systematic forest inventories of trees in the eastern U.S. from the...

Flood, Drought, and Disease Tolerant—One Gene to Rule Them All

March 13, 2018

Discovery of a single gene, LGF1, that controls the surface properties of rice

Jet Stream Changes Since 1960s Linked to More Extreme Weather

January 16, 2018

Recent research is the first reconstruction of historical changes in the North Atlantic jet stream prior to the 20th century...

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