Intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) reflects how efficiently plants assimilate carbon relative to water loss at the leaf level. While widely studied using carbon isotope and gas-exchange ...

For over two decades, satellites have quietly documented a major crisis unfolding beneath our feet: Earth's continents are drying out at unprecedented rates. Fueled by climate change, groundwater ...

Every October, World Food Day calls attention to global food security and the actions needed to combat hunger and malnutrition. This year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ...

Water is a critical resource. Modern societies require sustainable supplies of safe, sufficient water for drinking, cooking, and cleaning, as well as to grow food, generate energy, promote industry, ...

Water is essential for life, yet billions of people around the world still lack reliable access to clean, safe water. As climate change accelerates, populations grow, and infrastructure struggles to ...