One of our units is a science unit and it’s for third, fourth and fifth grade and it’s about the plant cycle. I thought, ‘what better way to teach it than to start a garden?’” Brown said. The students ...

This study, published in the Journal of Ecology, reveals how these plants adapt to the extreme conditions of the Gurbantunggut Desert in Central Asia by going through two dormancy cycles each year, ...

Desert ephemeral plants are known for their ability to complete their life cycle in a short period during brief windows of favorable conditions, such as rainfall or snowmelt. Relying heavily on ...

Under the study's assumptions regarding the productivity of the plant species -- no new varieties ... the freshwater cycle, deforestation and the loss of biosphere integrity caused for example ...

could be creating a dangerous cycle of contamination: making plants absorb more toxic chemicals that we might then eat, while making our bodies more likely to also absorb both those toxins and the ...