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the dew point is ‘ the temperature to which a volume of humid air must be cooled … for water vapor to condense into liquid water ’, and is usually an early - morning or early - evening phenomenon in nature. ok, but, ‘ what is the point of dew ’? that is a different question, but one which might have been answered by michael latakos et al. – at least in a botanical context. in their intriguing study they demonstrate that dew – ‘ condensed water that forms on a solid surface ’ – is generated on the bark of understorey trees in a lowland forest in french guiana until early afternoon, because of the thermal properties of the trunks. this extensive window of hydration – up to 0. 69 mm of dewfall a day – is instrumental in prolonging photosynthesis, of epiphytic crustose lichens in particular. the team propose that this phenomenon may be a more general feature of forest habitats worldwide, and that this hitherto unrecognised mechanism of midday dew formation contributes to the water supply of most corticolous ( bark - dwelling ) organisms. nice work! in addition to the article, i also recommend michael proctor ’ s thoughtful commentary thereon. coincidentally, though, similar conclusions about the importance of dew were reached by khumbudzo maphangwa et al., who examined an altogether drier environment where ‘ differential interception and evaporation of fog, dew and water vapour and elemental accumulation by lichens explain their relative abundance in a coastal desert ’. just as new hydrobotanical discoveries are made above ground, news of another, down below. using neutron tomography, ahmad moradi and co - workers have quantified and 3 - d visualized the water content in situ in the rhizospheres of chickpea ( cicer arietinum ), white lupin ( lupinus albus ) and maize ( zea mays ). finding that – counter - intuitively – soil water content increased towards the root surface for all three species, the team propose that plants modify the hydraulic properties of the rhizosphere ’ s soil in a way that improves water uptake under dry conditions. this ‘ reservoir ’ of water can be viewed as a reserve that helps the plants overcome short periods of drought. hydraulic lift ( sorry, redistribution – ; rebecca neumann and zoe cardon ), anyone?