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Biology
Plant hormones that help roots reach deeper water offer potential strategy for drought-tolerant crops
Images of watering (left) and water stress (right) – showing changes in root angle to make the building steeper. Credit: University of Nottingham Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems under drought conditions, growing rapidly into the soil to access deeper reservoirs. Plant scientists at the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, are investigating…
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Earth
Why is Mount Everest so big? New study highlights river of injustice, but deeper forces are at work
Map of normalized channel steepness (ksn) as a measure of stream power. Credit: Nature Geoscience (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-024-01535-w Mount Everest (also known as Chomolungma or Sagarmatha) is famous for being the tallest mountain in the Himalayas, and indeed on Earth. but why? At 8,849 meters above sea level, Mount Everest is about 250 meters higher than the other great mountains…
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