Scientists Can Now Watch Plants “Breathe” in Real Time

Plants constantly balance taking in carbon dioxide with losing water through microscopic leaf pores, but watching this process unfold has long been a challenge. For hundreds of years, scientists have understood that plants exchange gases with the air through tiny openings on their leaves known as stomata. These microscopic structures regulate a delicate tradeoff, allowing [...]

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