All posts tagged with trees
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-(Natural News) As far as survival tools go, you really can’t get much better than trees. Obviously, there’s the fact that they’re a major source of oxygen. As if supplying humans with the element they need to keep breathing isn’t enough, trees are also generous with providing food, shelter, and even raw materials for making tools. On […]
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-(Natural News) Sweating is our body’s way of keeping cool under high temperatures. Without sweat, our body temperature would go up and we would overheat. In fact, sweating is truly an effective way of maintaining a stable temperature that some trees do it too. This remarkable discovery was uncovered by a team of researchers led […]
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-(Natural News) According to new plans, “living green walls” might soon be built along major commuter routes by Birmingham. If these new plans are put into effect, structures in the city will be filled with bushes, trees, and other greenery that will help clean the air by the roadside. At least 900 deaths a year in Birmingham are […]
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-(Natural News) Austrian researchers have come up with a new way to save millions of trees from paper mills. They can extract cellulose from the dung of cows and other herbivores to make recycled paper, according to an American Chemical Society (ACS) article. The University of Vienna researchers presented their findings during the 255th National […]
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-(Natural News) Much like humans and animals, trees need water to survive. In harsh places where there is next to no water or moisture, some trees still manage to thrive. One study, published in Tree Physiology, aims to shed some light on how trees adapt to such environments. Scientists discovered that certain species of trees are able […]
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-(Natural News) Humans continue to pay the price for the destruction of the planet that gives us life in all sorts of ways, as evidenced by the millions of premature deaths caused every year around the world due to outdoor air pollution. However, we are also killing ourselves – quite literally – as a result […]
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-(Natural News) Having adequate amounts of water is not only applicable to humans, but also to trees. Trees in the urban area can survive the heat and the bugs if they have enough water. The study, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, found that lack of water is a key stressor for city trees. […]
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Preserving riverside forests by connecting fragmented habitats may conserve biodiversity, ecosystems
-(Natural News) Aside from protecting various endangered species, the conservation of river-floodplain ecosystems is another challenge that experts are trying to address in the 21st century. According to a group of researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Japan, landscape genetics can be used to help sustain threatened ecosystems. The high soil moisture in forests […] -
Another climate concern debunked: Amazon rainforest trees found to be surprisingly drought resistant
-(Natural News) Amazon rain forests are an integral part of the Earth’s ecosystem. As Louis Santiago, a professor of Botany & Plant Sciences from the University of California at Riverside contends, “Because of its sheer size, what happens in the Amazon affects the whole world.” While climate change alarmists have claimed that the lush forests of […] -
-(Natural News) Drone technology has been surprisingly useful for many kinds of recreational purposes. But one Australian engineer has begun to unlock its potential to serve as an industrial-scale solution for the problem of rejuvenating and preserving the environment. Dr. Susan Graham, now a U.K.-based professional, has developed a type of drone that could plant […]
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