Two undergrads improve plant carbon-cycle models

Two undergrads improve plant carbon-cycle models 07/26/2017 03:01 PM EDT In the summer of 2012, two undergraduate students tackled a problem that plant ecology experts had overlooked for 30 years. The students demonstrated that different plant species vary in how they take in carbon dioxide and emit water through the pores in their leaves. The data boosted the accuracy of mathematical models of carbon and water fluxes through plant leaves by 30 to 60 percent. Full story at https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/534586 Source University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111