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Alien-Looking Fossil Trees Uncovered in Canada: ‘Unlike Any of Those That Live at the Present’
You won’t be-leaf the shape of this ancient tree. A team of researchers found a 350-million-year-old fossilized tree species that looks like something out of Dr. Seuss. The fossils are some of the oldest-known trees and were discovered in what was once an ancient lake in northeastern Canada. The species is called Sanfordiacaulis densifolia and…
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California Lost 36 Million Trees to Drought Last Year
Extreme drought and hot weather killed millions of trees in California’s forests last year, according to a new report from the U.S. Forest Service.
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41 Christmas Tree Decorations to Please Your Inner Nerd
After some nerdy flare for your tree?
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To Save Forests, Researchers Are Hooking Trees Up To Twitter
In July 2018, a century-old red oak went live on Twitter. The account @awitnesstree, tweeting from the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts, introduces itself in its bio: Witnessing life as a tree in a changing environment for more than a century. Views are my own – sort of (data translated by scientists and communicators at…