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Heat-resilient crops: Altering leaf orientation, chemistry and photosynthesis to combat yield loss
Laboratory and field experiments have repeatedly demonstrated that modifications to the process of photosynthesis or to the physical characteristics of plants can make crops more resilient to hotter ...
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California Hass Avocado: Profiling of Carotenoids, Tocopherol, Fatty Acid, and Fat Content during Maturation and from Different Growing Areas
UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 *To whom correspondence should be addressed: UCLA ...
23 Tomato Sandwiches You'll Want to Make All Summer Long
You’ll want to enjoy these juicy and refreshing tomato sandwich recipes, made with the best seasonal produce, all summer long ...
Plant Doctor: Wax begonias thrive in moist summer heat but don’t water them too much
MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about caring for wax begonias, camellia bushes, banana plants, avocado trees, ...
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12 Heat-Tolerant Perennials That Power Through The Hottest Days Of Summer
Soaring summer temperatures can take a toll on garden plants. Discover heat-tolerant perennial plants that thrive despite ...
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Hajj 2025: Saudi Arabia warns of extreme heat during pilgrimage
The project aims to reduce heat, lower surface temperatures, and enhance comfort and accessibility for pilgrims Sign up for the Daily Briefing ...
The Sacramento Observer14d
Climate Change and Rising Heat: A Growing Threat to Older Americans
Extreme heat is emerging as a significant health threat in the United States, particularly for older adults. Credit: CDC (WIB) – As climate change accelerates, extreme heat is emerging as a ...
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Power Grids Under Pressure: US Areas at Risk of Blackouts This Summer
Regional grid risks vary: The Midwest faces plant retirements, the Southwest struggles with extreme heat, Texas has solar reliability concerns and New England has low energy reserves. Experts ...
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California avocado growers say Mexican imports have helped their sales
on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Avocado demand has also been buoyed by consumers’ growing interest in healthy fats, said Emiliano Escobedo, executive director of the Hass ...
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Heat waves kill people—and climate change is making it much, much worse
Heat waves, like the one that has held the Northwest United States in its grip for the past week, are deadly. The human toll of the record-breaking temperatures that slammed both coasts of the U.S ...
Lifehacker15d
The Best Heat-Resistant Vegetables to Grow in Your Summer Garden
While traditional summer crops do require heat, which is why we wait for summer to grow them, extreme heat waves or heat domes are a different thing altogether. Plants have a series of behaviors ...
The Washington Post15d
A gene could be key to growing rice, and feeding billions, in a hotter world
a professor of plant biotechnology at the University of Arkansas. “But the climate is not in our control.” And while breeders have made good progress on increasing yield in heat-stressed ...