Photons filter down through the atmosphere and are eagerly absorbed by light-powered organisms such as plants and algae ... “People thought of the polar night as these desert conditions where ...

A research group led by Professor Wei Li from the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho ...

Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants ...

Modern Antarctica is a frozen desert, largely devoid ... The great polar explorers Shackleton, Amundsen, and Scott all found fossil wood, plants, and coal seams. This is because dense rainforests ...