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+38 +8Italy’s olive crisis intensifies as deadly tree disease spreads
Containment measures meant to stop a rampant bacterium have been frequently delayed.
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+29 +5Stringybark is tough as boots (and gave us the word 'Eucalyptus')
One of the great Australian trees – messmate stringybark, Eucalyptus obliqua.
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+15 +4Oahu seeks to go green: New website tracks city’s goal of planting 100K trees
If you plant a new tree, you can go to the city's new site and locate exactly where you planted it.
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+18 +8'Test tube trees' plan to combat extinction
Why trees grown in test tubes could be the answer to preserving the world's forests for the future.
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+34 +3Why Are Japan’s Cherry Blossom Trees Blooming in Fall?
Two typhoons followed by warm weather may have triggered Japan’s iconic trees to blossom months ahead of schedule
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+29 +7Pando, the Most Massive Organism on Earth, Is Shrinking
The grove of 47,000 quivering aspen trees in Utah is being diminished by mule deer, foraging cattle and human mismanagement.
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+11 +2One of the world’s largest organisms is shrinking
The Pando aspen grove, located in central Utah, is the largest organism on the planet by weight. From the surface, it may look like a forest that spans more than 100 U.S. football fields, but each tree shares the exact same DNA and is connected to its clonal brethren through an elaborate underground root system. Although not quite as large in terms of area as the massive Armillaria gallica fungus in Michigan, Pando is much heavier, weighing in at more than 6 million kilograms.
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+22 +2The world's largest organism, known as 'the trembling giant', is collapsing
The largest organism on earth is a giant underground root system that sends up thousands of genetically identical clone aspen trees. But it's collapsing, according to researchers.
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+19 +1Engineering plants for a sustainable future
In the search for sustainable materials, the day-to-day structures of plants could help replace polluting materials and plastics with ones that are less detrimental to our environment.
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+32 +6Scientists thought they had created the perfect tree. But it became a nightmare
A pear seedling selection named Bradford was cloned by the gazillion to become the ubiquitous street tree of America’s postwar suburban expansion. Then it turned invasive. By Adrian Higgins.
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+18 +3It's hard to spread the idiot fruit
In a few idyllic parts of Queensland grows the idiot fruit, a tall tree with intricate flowers and some of the largest seeds in Australia.
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+39 +5National parks want you to stop picking them clean
Parks are doing what they can to keep the nation’s natural treasures safe for future generations — and out of your car's trunk.
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+32 +7The Galaxy Tree
First came the trees. In the town of Salamanca, Spain, the photographer noticed how distinctive a grove of oak trees looked after being pruned. Next came the galaxy.
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+32 +7The Planet Now Has More Trees Than It Did 35 Years Ago
Tree cover loss in the tropics was outweighed by tree cover gain in subtropical, temperate, boreal, and polar regions.
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+22 +3Rising temperatures are causing soil to dump more carbon dioxide into the air
Earth is panting as soil struggles to keep up with climate change.
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+21 +3Bunya pines are ancient, delicious and possibly deadly
The Bunya pine is a unique and majestic Australian tree that commands respect.
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+26 +7The Amazon is a Man-Made Food Forest, Researchers Discover
Most of the edible plants in the rainforest were planted by humans over 4500 years ago, new study finds. Modern farmers should look to these ancient forest gardeners for the key to sustainable food production.
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+18 +4Aerial Images Capture Swathes of Amazon Rainforest Destroyed by Gold Mining
Ernesto Benavides hangs out of choppers to document the devastation of Peru's rainforest.
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+25 +3Never give up.
Never surrender.
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+7 +47 reasons Hartwick Pines is a Michigan summer must-see
Ever wonder what Michigan looked like before logging? Here's your chance.
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