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2 min read • 5 Oct 2026
Why West Michigan’s Fruit Ridge Is Almost Made for Growing Fruit
A narrow strip of land northwest of Grand Rapids has become one of Michigan’s most important fruit-g…
A narrow strip of land northwest of Grand Rapids has become one of Michigan’s most important fruit-growing regions because geology, elevation and climate happen to work together in growers’ favor.
1 min read • 2 Oct 2026
Berlin’s Open-Source Tree Map Mobilizes 12,000 Volunteers to Water Urban Trees
Berlin residents are using an open-source digital map to help protect the city’s trees after increas…
Berlin residents are using an open-source digital map to help protect the city’s trees after increasingly hot and dry summers.
1 min read • 30 Sept 2026
Johannesburg Rooftop Garden Turns High-Rise Space Into a Hydroponic Food Source
A rooftop above a residential high-rise in Johannesburg’s Hillbrow district is being used to grow fr…
A rooftop above a residential high-rise in Johannesburg’s Hillbrow district is being used to grow fresh vegetables hydroponically, showing how unused urban space can support local food production.
2 min read • 25 Sept 2026
Swiss Botanists Track How Alpine Plants Are Shifting Upward
Plant communities in the Swiss Alps are changing as species appear at higher elevations and others d…
Plant communities in the Swiss Alps are changing as species appear at higher elevations and others disappear from places where they were recorded decades ago.
2 min read • 23 Sept 2026
Climate Change Could Reshape the Plant Life of the Amazon
The Amazon rainforest contains an extraordinary variety of plant life, but climate change may alter…
The Amazon rainforest contains an extraordinary variety of plant life, but climate change may alter which species can survive across the region.
3 min read • 18 Sept 2026
The Mountain Plant That Eats Insects and Vindicates Darwin
In 1875, Charles Darwin suggested that some Saxifraga species might be carnivorous after observing t…
In 1875, Charles Darwin suggested that some Saxifraga species might be carnivorous after observing their insect-trapping hairs. A 2026 study finally confirmed his 150-year-old hypothesis.
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