ARS scientists made a "sweet" discovery that may be important to solving a major problem within the citrus industry.

The Amazon rainforest is able to endure decades of intense drought. Doing so means losing many trees, releasing stored carbon into the air.

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change, but adjusting to a drier, warmer world would exact a heavy toll, a study suggests.

Plants have small pores on the underside of their leaves, known as stomata. When the sun rises, these pores open and the ...

Rural Bangladeshi farmers are suffering losses as high as 60% of immature mangoes due to a catastrophic heat wave and drought ...

A new report on the state of health of Oregon’s forests is based on an extensive aerial survey of Oregon’s forests completed last year by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and the USDA ...

Drought and sea level rise can shift the groundwater table along the coast, allowing saltwater to journey farther inland, beneath the forest floor. Trees, deprived of fresh water, are stressed as salt ...

A new report on the state of health of Oregon’s forests is based on an extensive aerial survey of Oregon’s forests completed last year by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and the USDA Forest ...

Instead, opt for drought-tolerant trees, such as the following baker’s dozen, which can cope with limited rainfall, not to mention baking in the sun. As to why you require such trees ...

“It would break my heart to have the few trees who survived the wildfires that took our home die from thirst,” I said. (I refer to the trees as “who” because they are sentient beings in my ...