Rapid weather shifts govern how plants influence climate and air quality, study finds
A new study shows that during drought, it’s not how hot or how dry it is that determines gas emissions from plants—but how quickly conditions change. This discovery reshapes our understanding of the relationship between drought, vegetation, and air pollution. The research … reveals a striking phenomenon: when the weather shifts rapidly—for example, a sharp increase in humidity or a sudden drop in temperature—vegetation responds immediately by changing the rate at which it emits naturally occurring biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) into the air. … The paper is published in the journal Science of The Total Environment.
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