Why are San Jose's trees disappearing? City loses hundreds of acres each year
San Jose's trees are slowly vanishing.
Environment
Jan 12, 2022
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Organic apple orchard floor maintenance techniques
Successful organic apple farming literally starts from the ground up. Maintaining a healthy orchard floor is the key to preventing weeds and keeping soil healthy. Logically, finding effective methods to increase production ...
Environment
Sep 4, 2009
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Subarctic boreal forest, vital for the planet, is at risk
It burns, it drifts, it falls victim to insects. And it's shrinking.
Environment
Nov 14, 2022
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Sloth truly deserves its name, biologists say
Imagine a creature so slothful that it snacks off its own fur and budges only once a week for a bowel movement.
Plants & Animals
Jan 22, 2014
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Forest canopies buffer against climate change
When temperatures rise and less water falls, forests respond. Forest canopies can buffer juvenile trees from drought and heat by providing shade for the younger trees below the leaf and needle cover. Adult trees have deep ...
Environment
Apr 29, 2015
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Climate change is forcing cities to rethink their tree mix
Cities need to plant more trees. But not just any trees.
Ecology
Dec 27, 2022
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Sun or shade: Pecan leaves' photosynthetic light response evaluated
Pecan, the most valuable nut tree native to North America, is native from northern Illinois and southeastern Iowa to the Gulf Coast of the United States, where it grows abundantly along the Mississippi River, the rivers of ...
Ecology
Nov 3, 2009
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Leaping squirrels! Parkour is one of their many feats of agility
Videos of squirrels leaping from bendy branches across impossibly large gaps, parkouring off walls, scrambling to recover from tricky landings.
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2021
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Seeing the tree from the forest: Predicting the future of plant communities
The ability to envisage the future may be closer than you would think. A recent paper by Sean Hammond and Karl Niklas in the August 2009 issue of the American Journal of Botany presents an algorithm that may be used to predict ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 21, 2009
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Brazilian team finds new porcupine species
A new species of tree-dwelling porcupine has been discovered in Brazil's Northeastern Atlantic Forest, one of the world's most threatened habitats, researchers said.
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2013
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