The 'Bloom cycle' is a newly described biochemical pathway that explains key plant processes

For decades, the basics of plant growth have been taught in grade school: Plants make their food out of water from the soil, light from the sun and carbon dioxide from the air in a process called ...

Did plants nearly wipe out all marine life on Earth—twice?

UC College of Arts and Sciences Professor Thomas Algeo has been studying the planet's five major mass extinctions since the ...