Tufts scientists say soil, holding 80 percent of Earth’s carbon, releases increasing amounts of greenhouse gases as droughts trigger desiccation cracks in soils Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

Christopher J. E. Haggerty, Thomas L. Crisman, Jason R. Rohr, Effects of forestry-driven changes to groundcover and soil moisture on amphibian desiccation, dispersal, and survival, Ecological ...

This relentless tug of war loosened root systems forming air pockets and tearing root tissue. If you had plants which ...

Desiccation of tree foliage is a key factor in the spread of fires. However, during droughts, changes in the water content of forest canopies remain poorly understood. Scientists from INRAE and ...

Eggs of the mosquito Aedes aegypti survive desiccation by rewiring their polyamine and lipid metabolism. PLOS Biology, 2023; 21 (10): e3002342 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002342 ...

Effective irrigation is arguably the most critical component of a successful drought management strategy. Water is indispensable for maintaining plant physiological function, especially under ...

Shared up-regulation and contrasting down-regulation of gene expression distinguish desiccation-tolerant from intolerant green algae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020 ...