The field of plant adaptation to climate change has garnered significant attention due to the increasing frequency and intensity of environmental stressors such as temperature fluctuations, altered ...

Plants have developed multiple morphological, physiological and molecular strategies to cope with adverse environmental conditions. Extremophile plants, however, are unique in that they likely evolved ...

Figure 1: As thermal water at 79.2°C reaches the surface, white calcium carbonate precipitates, forming a base for the proliferating red and green layered biofilms—woven bacterial mats (Illustration ...

The Earth is home to a diversity of plants with highly varied forms and functions. This extraordinary morphological, physiological and biochemical diversity determines how plants adapt and respond to ...

Which plant hormones are critical in responding to drought conditions? How do plant hormone responses adjust to environmental changes? An article published in the journal Trends in Plant Science ...

Death Valley, in California, is among the hottest areas worldwide, and temperature levels during summer often surpass 120ºF. In most plants, this high temperature would be catastrophic, but in ...