News tagged with pine trees
MSU Archaeology Team's latest find: 16,000-year-old sand dune
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of MSU researchers and archaeology students has confirmed the existence of an undisturbed, prehistoric sand dune beneath a grove of pine trees between Demonstration Hall and Munn Ice ...
A chemist's discovery breathes new life into the old South
Aug 18, 2009 |
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One chemist plus one new scientific discovery yields. . . an economic and environmental miracle. Almost overnight, a whole new industry springs up and breathes life into an economically-devastated region of ...
Researcher looking for way to minimize spread of mountain pine beetle
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Like a human being who, with a compromised immune system, is vulnerable to secondary diseases, jack pine trees ravaged by budworms may be more susceptible to an invasion of mountain pine beetles.
Biosphere 2 experiment shows how fast heat could kill drought-stressed trees
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Widespread die-off of piñon pine across the southwestern United States during future droughts will occur at least five times faster if climate warms by 4 degrees Celsius, even if future droughts are no worse ...
Alternatives to pine bark and peatmoss identified for commercial, home gardens
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Pine bark and peatmoss are the two most common substrates used for horticultural crop production in the southeastern United States, but both media can present challenges to growers. Reduced forestry production ...
