John C. Cushman, Ph.D., is a Foundation Professor at the University of Nevada and director of the Biochemistry Graduate Program in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. He earned a ...

After a comprehensive study of plants across the United States, researchers have arrived at the unexpected conclusion that plants able to fix atmospheric nitrogen are most diverse in arid regions of ...

ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Botanical Garden has a collection of cacti and succulents that dates back more than a century, but it hasn't been on public display in its full glory since 1994. On Friday, ...

Reducing CO 2 levels in the atmosphere will take more than cutting emissions—we will also need to capture and store the excessive volumes of already-emitted carbon. In an opinion paper publishing in ...

Bonsai — the Japanese art of growing trees in pots — takes on a decidedly local flavor as Tucsonans experiment with native and other arid plants as their canvases. Randy McLean and Ray Noseck are two ...

An international research team including KAUST's Fernando Maestre conducted a field survey to investigate the impacts of aridity and grazing pressure on the chemical and morphological trait diversity ...

Since the beginning of agriculture, we have been faced with an unpredictable enemy: rain. It comes and goes without warning. A field of lush greenery today may crack, drying out the next year in the ...