climate change – plants – semper vivum – 10

adaptation and mitigation

The roofroot (sempervivum tectorum) survives extreme heat conditions in groups by storing water in its leaves. It is not only this evolutionary technology that scientists are researching in order to develop sustainable water management for agriculture. Due to global warming, there are regions in the Middle East, for example, that are now turning into deserts, but water is also becoming scarce here.