How a drought affects trees depends on what's been holding them back
Droughts can be good for trees; certain trees, that is.
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2023
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News tagged with tree growth
Mummies provide the key to reconstruct the climate of the ancient Mediterranean
Swiss scientists are reconstructing the climate of the ancient world using small wooden artifacts hung on mummified remains.
Archaeology
Apr 4, 2023
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Researchers solve a 150-year-old mystery about aetosaurs
Aetosaurs had a small head and a crocodile-like body. The land dwellers were up to six meters long and widely distributed geographically. They died out about 204 million years ago, at the end of the Triassic.
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 13, 2023
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Old-growth trees more drought tolerant than younger ones, providing a buffer against climate change
A new analysis of more than 20,000 trees on five continents shows that old-growth trees are more drought tolerant than younger trees in the forest canopy and may be better able to withstand future climate extremes.
Ecology
Dec 1, 2022
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UV-to-red light converting films accelerate plant growth, could help improve global food supply issues
An interdisciplinary team from Hokkaido University's Engineering and Agriculture departments and the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD) has developed a europium-based thin-film coating that ...
Biotechnology
Oct 26, 2022
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Protecting very old trees can help mitigate climate change
Ancient trees—those that are many hundreds, or even thousands, of years old—play a vital role in biodiversity and ecosystem preservation by providing stability, strength, and protection to at-risk environments. In a review ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 19, 2022
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Glacial microclimates mimic climate change
A cool pocket climate around the snout of a glacier could help researchers predict how forests will respond to fast climate change, according to the authors of a new 120-year case study of a rapidly advancing and retreating ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 19, 2022
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Ancient trees deemed vital to forest survival
New research suggests that ancient trees possess far more than an awe-inspiring presence and a suite of ecological services to forests—they also sustain the entire population of trees' ability to adapt to a rapidly changing ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 31, 2022
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Europeans in the Americas 1,000 years ago
Columbus was not the first European to reach the Americas. The Vikings got there centuries before, although exactly when has remained unclear. Here, an international team of scientists show that Europeans were already active ...
Archaeology
Oct 20, 2021
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Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimated
The claim that old-growth forests play a significant role in climate mitigation, based upon the argument that even the oldest forests keep sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere, is being refuted by researchers at the University ...
Environment
Mar 25, 2021
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