Question: You oversee a NASA project to create “extreme green” biofuels. How did this project arise? In 2008, with the help of Robert C. Hendricks, we came up with the “eXtreme Green” plan to research ...

Seven years ago, Flight International reported on a seemingly far-fetched concept: the possibility of powering commercial aircraft with biofuel derived from saltwater plants, or halophytes, grown in ...

Recent observations of the scrubby banks in the Venice hinterland echo the faint wail of farmers' three wheeled trucks, signaling a landscape under stress. This could be the vital step to retain ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 68, No. 12, Special Issue: The Changing Climate of Plant Membrane Biology (2017), pp. 3129-3143 (15 pages) Salt stress impacts multiple aspects of plant metabolism ...

KARACHI: Experts at the second day of an international conference in progress at Karachi University (KU) shared how they were successfully using halophytes in diverse regions to improve soil and land ...

On a sun-scorched wasteland near India's southern tip, an unlikely garden filled with spiky shrubs and spindly greens is growing, seemingly against all odds. The plants are living on saltwater, coping ...

Emirates Nature-WWF, as part of a multi stakeholder project looking at nature-based solutions (NbS) in the UAE, is leading an exploration of salt-loving halophytes with strong implications for local ...

Bauxite residue, the byproduct of aluminum production, represents one of the most pressing global environmental challenges, with billions of tons stored in vast tailing dams. Its extreme alkalinity ...

KARACHI, May 16: If halophytes are introduced in the coastal areas that have high salt content in soil and where no ordinary crop can grow, the plant would not only reduce soil salinity but could also ...