As climate change accelerates, plants face mounting pressure to adapt to shifting ecosystems and environmental conditions.

Rice is the basis of life for many people. An international research team involving researchers from Würzburg wants to make the plant, which originates from Asia, more resilient to heat and drought.

It's not just humans who can feel the impact of our country's harsh summer heat—our plants, too, can endure hardships if not ...

Drought problems will continue to get worse if we don’t start seeing real precipitation soon and through the spring and ...

Life sciences researchers in parts of the US and Europe tell The Scientist that they had to postpone projects—many of them, ironically, on the effects of drought—or otherwise ... as it measures how ...

The study found that increased dryness reduces plant diversity, especially after droughts. Rainfall boosts diversity during ...

Addressing these challenges requires multifaceted approaches, including making plants more resilient ... which regulates stomatal closure during drought stress, directly inactivates TOT3 through ...

Standing in his fields among tall, dry corn plants, farmer Dario Sabini inspects the smaller-than-usual corn cobs before ...