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12/11/2017 / By David Williams

How do plants know when it floods? Recent research reveals how plants sense increased levels of water

Just how important are a plants roots to its survival? What might seem like a stupid question at first will actually surprise you if you start to look at it closely. Researchers from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) looked into how plants are able to sense […]

10/06/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

FEMA found to be 75 percent ineffective, according to new analysis

The 100-year flood plain maps created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) carry a lot of weight. They are used by insurance companies to predict risk when setting policy terms and premiums, and federal and state officials use them to plan for floods. They must be reasonably accurate to be given such powerful votes […]

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