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Antarctica Has Gotten 10 Times Greener in 35 Years
Our satellites are dispassionate observers of Earth's climate change. From their vantage point they watch as pack ice slowly loses…
Plants Would Still Grow Well Under Alien Skies
Photosynthesis changed Earth in powerful ways. When photosynthetic organisms appeared, it led to the Great Oxygenation Event. That allowed multicellular…
Chickpeas Grown in Lunar Regolith Are Stressed but Reach Maturity
A recent preprint investigates how chickpeas have been successfully grown in lunar regolith simulants (LRS), marking the first time such…
What’s the Best Way to Water Plants in Space?
Humans have maintained a continuous presence in space on the International Space Station (ISS) for more than 20 years now.…
Future Astronauts Could Enjoy Fresh Vegetables From an Autonomous Orbital Greenhouse
A team from a Russian polytechnic university is working on an autonomous space module where fresh vegetables could be grown…
Red Suns and Black Trees: Shedding a New Light on Alien Plants
[/caption] The grass may definitely not be greener on some alien worlds, suggests a new study from the UK.…