Question: You oversee a NASA project to create “extreme green” biofuels. How did this project arise? In 2008, with the help of Robert C. Hendricks, we came up with the “eXtreme Green” plan to research ...
Seven years ago, Flight International reported on a seemingly far-fetched concept: the possibility of powering commercial aircraft with biofuel derived from saltwater plants, or halophytes, grown in ...
Recent observations of the scrubby banks in the Venice hinterland echo the faint wail of farmers' three wheeled trucks, signaling a landscape under stress. This could be the vital step to retain ...
Emirates Nature-WWF, as part of a multi stakeholder project looking at nature-based solutions (NbS) in the UAE, is leading an exploration of salt-loving halophytes with strong implications for local ...
Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 68, No. 12, Special Issue: The Changing Climate of Plant Membrane Biology (2017), pp. 3129-3143 (15 pages) Salt stress impacts multiple aspects of plant metabolism ...
KARACHI: Experts at the second day of an international conference in progress at Karachi University (KU) shared how they were successfully using halophytes in diverse regions to improve soil and land ...
As rising seas salinise the soils of the Venice lagoon, scientists and chefs are turning to long-forgotten wild herbs On the scrubby banks of the rural swathes of the Venice lagoon, an evening chorus ...
On a sun-scorched wasteland near India's southern tip, an unlikely garden filled with spiky shrubs and spindly greens is growing, seemingly against all odds. The plants are living on saltwater, coping ...
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