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 ...

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 ...

Halophytes occupy saline environments by deploying adaptive strategies at the earliest stages of their life cycle. Seed germination under salinity stress reflects a balance between osmotic inhibition, ...

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 ...

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 ...

As rising seas salinise the soils of the Venice lagoon, scientists and chefs are turning to long-forgotten wild herbs On the scrubby banks of the rural swathes of the Venice lagoon, an evening chorus ...

A native plant of the UAE - halophytes, which can grow in salty conditions - is making waves in local kitchens, with chefs beginning to incorporate them into their menus. In efforts to further ...