trees

Evidence of the most powerful solar storm in history has been uncovered in an unlikely place: within the rings of a tree. This immensely powerful solar storm is thought to have been at least 10 times as powerful as the Carrington Event of 1859, which caused chaos in the rudimentary telegraph...

I'm not sure where else to post this. I bought the base of an Indonesian tree about 25 years ago because, well .. you just do don't you? .. It's beautifully carved, the local artist being sympathetic and working with instead of against the natural grain, lumps and bumps of the base .. I was told...

'A mysterious avocado tree has clean water gushing out of its branch believed to be ‘miracle liquid’ by residents. Resident Lorelie Llaneta said the tree started to release liquid early in the morning so they turned off the water pipe next to it in Laguna province on February 10. However, the...

A newly published research study from the UK suggests exposure to green spaces - most particularly to trees - correlates with better cognitive development and mental health up through adolescence. The results are interesting, but at this point must be considered suggestive rather than...

The idea that there's no such thing as a tree doesn't mean the plants we call trees don't exist at all. Instead, it illuminates the fact that 'tree' is a sort of loosely attributed descriptor that doesn't occupy a specific place in any formal taxonomic system. FULL STORY...

I was listening to Gardener's Question Time on my way to work on Sunday, and I heard a nine year old girl ask about planting rowan trees by the garden gate to keep witches away. The team laughed and only one said he'd ever heard of this... I thought it was common knowledge that rowan wood kept...

Do Trees Talk to Each Other? Smithsonian Magazine FULL STORY: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/

I seem to recall that the remotest tree in Australia was killed by being run in to by a lorry. Edit: Sorry - it was in the Sahara - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_Ténéré Wikipedia has lists of individual tree deaths by decade:clap:

County's new 'great' tree project Cornwall has appointed its first Great Trees Officer to protect the county's ancient trees. It is part of a three-year study to find and record "significant" trees with long and unusual histories. The project is the work of the Cornwall Ancient...

World's oldest living tree over 9,000 years old By Roger Highfield, Science Editor Last Updated: 8:40am BST 18/04/2008 The world’s oldest living tree has been found in Sweden, a tenacious spruce which took root just after the end of the last ice age. The 9,550-year-old tree has...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6568233.stm

http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/5406397p-5342181c.html

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,975708,00.html I was reading this about Birmingham area. There is an opera about the story and everything. Does anyone know more?:eek!!!!:

Some years ago I read a wonderful article in the Guardian (respectable UK newspaper) about trees which seem to be sometimes there and sometimes not. There was a country house called something like 'The Pines' which had fine, mature trees beside its front gate, which were on some photos and...