How Do You Measure a Tree Breathing? One Sensor’s Answer
A tree doesn’t look like it’s doing much from the outside. It just stands there. But if you could zoom in close enough on its trunk, hour by hour, you’d see it quietly swelling and shrinking every single day, almost like it’s breathing. That daily rhythm is one of the clearest signals a tree gives […]
What Two Desert Plants Can Teach Us About Surviving Drought
Out on the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington, summers are long, hot, and dry. Most years bring only about 160 mm of rain, and almost all of it falls in the fall and winter. By the time summer rolls around, the land is dominated by two tough, unrelated shrubs that have figured out very different […]
Can You Measure a Potato Growing Underground? Yes, Here’s How
If you grow fruit, you’ve probably heard of sensors that clip onto a stem or a piece of fruit and track its growth day by day. That technology has been around for years, and it works well because the fruit is right there, hanging in the open air where you can reach it. But what […]