Droughts are worsening around the world due to global warming. More places are running short of water for agriculture. Scientists have developed technology to solve agriculture's water shortage. A ...

A meteorologist warned of the risk of “exploding trees” later this week as extreme cold hits the northern U.S. A huge portion of the country is under cold-related weather alerts, with advisories ...

“Throw some shade” and what do you get? Cleaner air and water, and inviting shade, says Virginia’s Department of Forestry urban and community partnership coordinator, Molly O’Liddy. The Department of ...

It was at the Musée d’Orsay where amongst paintings ranging from Cezanne to Gauguin, one stood out the most, “Saule pleureur” by Claude Monet. The blending colors of the leaves and the textured bark, ...

The study of individual variation is one of the principal areas of interest for geneticists. Variation is the key to evolution. In the eighties, genetic research shifted much of its attention from ...

Leaves – compound; usually with 7 more or less elliptical, entire-serrate, petioled leaflets that turn purple in fall. Twigs – stout and glabrous. Buds – broadly ovoid with 4-6 brownish scales; first ...