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Trees Kill Odors And Other Emissions From Poultry Farms
Trees aren't just for wood
and decoration -- they may
also destroy odors.
Scientists are reporting
data showing that just three
rows of trees planted around
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Novel Fungus Helps Beetles To Digest Hard Wood
A little known fungus tucked
away in the gut of Asian
longhorned beetles helps the
insect munch through the
hardest of woods according
to a team of entomologists
... > full story
Trees, Forests And The Eiffel Tower Reveal Theory Of Design In Nature
What do a tree and the
Eiffel Tower have in common?
According to a Duke
University engineer, both
are optimized for flow. In
... > full story
Old Growth Giants Limited By Water-pulling Ability
The Douglas-fir, state tree
of Oregon, towering king of
old-growth forests and one
of the tallest tree species
on Earth, finally stops
growing taller because it
... > full story
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Extinction Most Likely For Rare Trees In Amazon Rainforest
August 18, 2008 — Common tree species in the Amazon will survive even grim scenarios of deforestation and road-building, but rare trees could suffer extinction rates of up to 50 percent, predict scientists in the ... > full story -
Climate Change Caused Widespread Tree Death In California Mountain Range, Study Confirms
August 15, 2008 — Warmer temperatures and longer dry spells have killed thousands of trees and shrubs in a Southern California mountain range, pushing the plants' habitat an average of 213 feet up the mountain over ... > full story -
If A Street Tree Falls ... What Does It Take To Make Sound Policy?
August 12, 2008 — Researchers argue that thinking of street trees as a "common-pool resource" can help lead to better management of an under-appreciated community ... > full story -
Brown Tree Snake Could Mean Guam Will Lose More Than Its Birds
August 10, 2008 — Brown tree snakes have come to embody the bad things that can happen when invasive species show up where they have few predators. But new research suggests that indirect impacts might be even farther ... > full story -
Vine Invasion? Ecologists Look At Coexistence Of Trees And Lianas
August 8, 2008 — Ecologist are studying how woody vines, or lianas, are affecting tropical forests and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Through a comprehensive community-level study on liana-tree interactions in ... > full story -
Entomologists Use 'Love Potion' To Detect Hidden Cerambycid Beetles
August 7, 2008 — Pest cerambycids can cause severe damage to standing trees, logs and lumber. How then might they be promptly detected and their numbers swiftly controlled? The new discovery of inexpensive blends of ... > full story -
Climate Change And Species Distributions
August 5, 2008 — Scientists have long pointed to physical changes in the Earth and its atmosphere as indicators of global climate change. But changes in climate can wreak havoc in more subtle ways, such as the loss ... > full story -
Dinosaurs Did Not Evolve Quickly In Last 50 Million Years, New Dinosaur Super-tree Shows
July 24, 2008 — It has long been debated whether dinosaurs were part of the 'Terrestrial Revolution' that occurred some 100 million years ago during the Cretaceous when birds, mammals, flowering plants, insects and ... > full story -
If Northern Trees Suffer Because Of Global Warming, Southern Trees May Still Be Slow To Replace Them
July 21, 2008 — If a warmer Wisconsin climate causes some northern tree species to disappear in the future, it's easy to imagine that southern species will just expand their range northward as soon as the conditions ... > full story -
Reclaimed Wastewater Benefits Florida's Citrus Orchards
July 21, 2008 — The Sunshine State has seen rapid growth in population during the last 50 years. Naturally, along with population increases, environmental concerns about pollution of surface waters by treated ... > full story
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