Heat waves are among the world's deadliest weather hazards. Every year, vast numbers of people are killed by heat stress and ...

Trees and green spaces can drive down urban temperatures. But they must be able to draw water from the soil to achieve ...

Heatwaves pose significant dangers, exacerbated by the urban heat island effect. Trees help alleviate heat through shade and ...

First, the trees suck carbon from the air, thus removing a major ingredient in global warming. And second — and more impactful locally — through something called transpiration, in which water ...

PROF. DIXON first became known as an investigator of the problem of the ascent of water in plants by his work in collaboration with Dr. Joly published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1894 ...

T. & Ewers, F. The hydraulic architecture of trees and other woody plants. New Phytologist 119, 345-360 (1991). Wheeler, T. D. & Stroock, A. D. The transpiration of water at negative pressures in ...

Winter burn can be a serious problem for evergreens. After the cold and windy winter we had, signs of winter burn abound on evergreen shrubs and trees. There are some broadleaved evergreens such ...

Bad weather in Sicily and the debate on climate change In recent days, Sicily, especially the Messina area, has suffered ...

The water carries essential mineral salts dissolved in solution. The rate of transpiration is affected by wind speed, humidity, temperature and surface area. You can investigate the rate of ...