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How Do Plants Harness Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria?

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria help plants obtain a usable form of nitrogen. But what’s the science behind it, and how can it benefit crops?

Rainforest conservation gains new focus with the discovery that just 2% of the diverse tree species in the forest account for half the trees.

Certain plastics are easier to recycle based on their internal structure. Scientists can change that structure to increase what we recycle.

Scientists examine how soil microbial communities resume ecosystem functioning after a wildfire, with a focus on the effects of dispersal.

Blubber thickness of Yangtze finless porpoises changes with water temperature and varies across the marine mammal’s body regions.

Climate change and pesticides spell double trouble for bee behavior, but pesticide risk to bees varies depending on the temperature.

Rising temperatures in recent years have been linked to observed shifts in bee phenology. These changes may impact pollination.

Climate change is not just in the air—underground climate change expands or contracts the earth, affecting the buildings above.

Genomics opens the way for scientists to track where and which plants are affected most by rapidly spreading pathogens.

These five citizen science projects call on you to observe your local weather and bodies of water, snow or no!