Neruva, on using indoor farming to bring food production to urban markets.
As with most global cities, consumers in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi eat food predominantly sourced from semi-urban or rural locations,…
Author: Sayeda Kinza Amna
She is a senior lecturer at a leading academic institution in Pakistan with significant experience in teaching English linguistics to undergraduate students. Her future interests include pursuing a PhD and collaborating with academia and industry in R&D projects.
How light and temperature work together to affect plant growth
Plants lengthen and bend to secure access to sunlight. Despite observing this phenomenon for centuries, scientists do not fully understand…
El Niño increases seedling mortality even in drought-tolerant forests
A long-term study finds that seedling mortality increased when severe and prolonged drought occurred in Southeast Asian seasonally dry tropical…
Monson Plantation: Opportunity To Reverse Deforestation And Combat Climate Change
PESHAWAR: Confronted by deforestation and climate change challenges, Pakistan is losing about 27,000 hectares of forests per year mainly in…
How Invisible Chromosomes Carry Beneficial Plant Breeding Traits
Every plant breeder eventually runs into the same wall. You find a wheat line with strong fungal resistance, but it…
How Insect-Slapping Flower Stamens Boost Pollination Success
Nature rarely wastes energy, and flowering plants are among the most efficient engineers in the biological world. The mechanism known…
The Hidden Challenges of Using Trees to Capture Carbon Dioxide
Tree planting has become one of the most popular climate pledges of the 21st century. Governments, corporations, and NGOs have…
Bolting in Crops: Causes, Effects, and Prevention
Bolting is a process that occurs in certain types of plants when they begin to produce flowers and seeds prematurely
How Orchard Management Affects Bee Populations
Wild bee populations in intensively managed agricultural landscapes have declined sharply over the past three decades. A 2024 study linked…
How Cyclones Increase Forest Fire Risk
The connection between cyclones and wildfire is one of the most consequential yet underexplored relationships in modern disaster ecology. Land…