A recent study has unveiled a paradox across Eurasia: while vegetation has visibly flourished in recent decades, the ...

Some arid-adapted plants have special root systems for reaching deep into the soil to tap hidden water sources while others use different forms of photosynthesis that allow them to minimize ...

Understanding how plants cope with climatic extremes and grazing pressure is important for reliable predictions about future biodiversity and the functioning of dryland ecosystems. An ...

This spatial structure of arid vegetation has long fascinated scientists, but now a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

Plants show surprising diversity in arid landscape. King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) Journal Nature DOI 10.1038/s41586-024-07731-3. Keywords ...

A Dutch engineer wants to transform an expanse of arid land into green, fertile land teeming with wildlife — and in the process, change the weather CNN values your feedback 1.

The Missouri Botanical Garden opens its Shoenberg Arid House on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. It will be the first time the garden’s extensive collection of arid plants — cacti and other succulents ...