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Study Finds Oldest Trees Grow Slowest - Even as Youngsters

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created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly published study has found that the oldest trees in the forest also grow the slowest - and they likely aren’t the prettiest.





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Large trees declining in Yosemite

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Large trees have declined in Yosemite National Park during the 20th century, and warmer climate conditions may play a role.


Higher carbon dioxide may give pines competitive edge

Higher carbon dioxide may give pines competitive edge

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pine trees grown for 12 years in air one-and-a-half times richer in carbon dioxide than today's levels produced twice as many seeds of at least as good a quality as those growing under normal ...


Amber Fossils in France

Amber fossils reveal ancient France was a jungle

Chemistry /

created Jan 07, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (26) | comments 0

Research on a treasure trove of amber has yielded evidence that France once was covered by a dense tropical rainforest with trees similar to those found in the modern-day Amazon. The report on 55-million-year-old ...


Holy Guacamole: Researcher Tracks Invasive Beetle Threatening Florida's Avocados

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at North Carolina State University is tracking the movement of the Redbay Ambrosia beetle, an invasive insect that, if it spreads to southeast Florida, may severely affect the production of avocados, ...


New Study: Home Energy Savings Are Made in the Shade

New Study: Home Energy Savings Are Made in the Shade

Technology / Energy

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Trees positioned to shade the west and south sides of a house may decrease summertime electric bills by 5 percent on average, according to a recent study of California homes by researchers ...


Getting to the root of science in a nutty way

Getting to the root of science in a nutty way

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dr. Leo Lombardini has gone underground to get the most top secret information in his field.


Sun or shade: Pecan leaves' photosynthetic light response evaluated

Sun or shade: Pecan leaves' photosynthetic light response evaluated

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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, ...


World's oldest living tree discovered in Sweden

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created Apr 16, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (55) | comments 2

The world's oldest recorded tree is a 9,550 year old spruce in the Dalarna province of Sweden
The world’s oldest recorded tree is a 9,550 year old spruce in the Dalarna province of Sweden.


Computer Identifies Apple Appeal

Apple peel appeal: Using software to measure variances in 'honeycrisp' apple peels

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created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Apples have long been associated with good health, including lower risks of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Apples also contain anthocyanins, important antioxidants that give the peels their red coloring. ...


Exotic timber plantations found to use more than twice the water of native forests

Exotic timber plantations found to use more than twice the water of native forests

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ecologists have discovered that timber plantations in Hawaii use more than twice the amount of water to grow as native forests use. Especially for island ecosystems, these findings suggest that land management ...



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