Carbon dioxide (CO₂) pollution drives climate change, warming the planet and threatening human survival. Plants naturally ...

The study sheds light on life during the Great Oxidation Event, a pivotal time roughly 2.4 billion years ago when ...

About 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by marine ecosystems. Byestimates According to marine biologists, the biomass of microorganisms is about 9 ...

Today, plants are the primary drivers of oxygen production, relying on chlorophyll pigments to capture sunlight. However, early cyanobacteria used not only chlorophylls but also additional pigments ...

Enzymes, the core catalysts in life, drive critical biological processes ranging from metabolic regulation to energy ...

Cyanide is a highly lethal chemical that has been used in warfare and poisonings for centuries—that was the general consensus ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

Similarly to Florida, growers in South America report having faced struggles, but additional rainfall and improving flower quality may be the beginning of a boost in production. “Dry weather has ...

The invasive plants block out the sunlight, which means no oxygen in the water ... That includes poisonous blue-green algae, known as cyanobacteria, which flourish in nutrient-rich, contaminated ...