Simulating Droughts To Find Out How Thirsty Plants React

Plants need water to live, but exactly how much? Scientists have built a simulator to figure out how to far we can push crops before they die of thirst, in preparation for a hotter climate. It’s a research project that seems particularly fitting for this year, when Texas has suffered (and continues to suffer) through the worst drought year on record.

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Simulating Droughts To Find Out How Thirsty Plants React