This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract • Background and Aims There is a conspicuous increase of poikilohydric organisms (mosses, liverworts and macrolichens) with altitude in the ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and ...

Flash Physics is our daily pick of the latest need-to-know developments from the global physics community selected by Physics World‘s team of editors and reporters In the balance: the kilogram can be ...

Light provides the energy needed for photosynthesis. Increasing the light intensity increases the rate of photosynthesis, provided plenty of carbon dioxide and water are available. The maximum rate is ...

Temperatures high enough to cause “irreversible damage” to a plant’s ability to photosynthesise are already impacting a small portion of tropical forest leaves, new research finds. The study, ...

A small percentage of leaves on trees in tropical forests may be approaching the maximum temperature threshold for photosynthesis to work, suggests a study published in Nature. An estimated 0.01% of ...

A significant number of trees in tropical ecosystems are being subjected to a dangerously high temperature threshold where the process of photosynthesis begins to fail, new research has found. The ...