Air pollution is one of the serious problems world is facing in recent Anthropocene era of
rapid industrialization and urbanization. Specifically particulate matter (PM) pollution …

The number and intensity of heat waves has increased, and this trend is likely to continue
throughout the 21st century. Often, heat waves are accompanied by drought conditions. It is …

Mangroves have a global distribution within coastal tropical and subtropical climates, and
have even expanded to some temperate locales. Where they do occur, mangroves provide a …

Mutator-like transposable elements (MULEs) are found in many eukaryotic genomes and
are especially prevalent in higher plants,,. In maize, rice and Arabidopsis a few MULEs were …

Plants are more and more affected by environmental stresses, especially by the devastating
consequences of desertification and water scarcity which can be seen and felt all over the …

Estimates of the effect of increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations on future global plant
production rely on the physiological response of individual plants or plant communities …

Epiphytes have been called particularly vulnerable to climate change because of their
existence at the interface of vegetation and atmosphere. We review the available evidence …

Climate change affects plants in many different ways. Increasing CO 2 concentration can
increase photosynthetic rates. This is especially pronounced for C 3 plants, at high …

Plant transpiration is a key component of the terrestrial water cycle, and it is important to
understand whether rates are likely to increase or decrease in the future. Plant transpiration …

Coastal salt marsh and mangrove ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to changes in
atmospheric CO 2 concentrations and associated climate and climate-induced changes. We …