How are they getting away with it?

What do they tell us about our connections to plants?

and finding Auntie Fungus

The discovery of a mutually beneficial relationship between fungi and plants

A new name for the River to the Sky Substack

The sun and plants in ancient creation myths

A visit with John Woodward to discuss leaf transpiration

A song about connections to plants, global warming, and other things

The doctrine of signatures and our connections with plants

Thoughts on the breath and soul of plants by Guy de la Brosse (17th Century)

How da Vinci was both right and also very wrong about plants

A purpose-driven view of plants

It is still a common belief that plants acquire most of their mass by taking up nutrients from the soil.

A conversation with the poet Lucretius

Ancient thoughts about the river to the sky

Introduction to the River to the Sky Substack, part II

A new literature review has some answers

Introducing the river to the sky

CSUF's new Truth course brings together perspectives from the humanities, social studies and natural sciences.

Berkeley chemists have created a reusable material that pulls carbon dioxide from the air and holds onto it until it can be stored.

Studies of in situ woody surface methane exchange in upland tropical, temperate and boreal forest trees find that methane uptake can result in a net tree methane sink that is globally significant...

An aurora could be visible as far south as Northern California. Experts say the storm could disrupt some communications and navigation systems like GPS.

Following months of tense negotiations, California Faculty Association members and CSU management reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) ending the first systemwide faculty strike at the largest, four-yea...

When I took a tenure-track position at Cal Poly Pomona in 2018, I was thrilled. Next week, I’ll be on strike with 30,000 of my colleagues…