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7 Most Incredible Sunken Forests on Earth
Whether viewed from above or below the surface of the water, whether they are alive or dead, they stand like apparitions, almost supernatural in appearance by dint of the fact that they should not be there. Trees, common sense tells us, were designed to climb into the air rooted in solid ground, not water, and they certainly weren't meant to be found submerged beneath lakes, slowly rotting away like skeletons of their former selves.
Continue reading...Trees that Rotate by Themselves
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
You’d be forgiven in thinking that these trees have been pummeled and almost uprooted as hurricane season is upon us but, believe it or not, they’re actually meant to look like that. Created by the same guys who brought us the Blur Building, Diller, Scofidio and Renfro, the trees form part of an installation at this year’s biennial arts festival in Liverpool, UK.
Continue reading...30 Creepiest Trees on Earth [pics]
Thursday, July 17, 2008
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If you are a horror movie buff, you've certainly noticed the liberal use of trees to set the mood. Halloween is hardly complete without the image of a moon-lit and fog-laden tree. However, some trees have been molded by Mother Nature into specters of their own. Scary, frightening, or downright weird, the trees we've amassed in this collection will leave you wondering if Mother Nature herself digested some magic mushrooms.
Continue reading...How Do Nature and Rainforests Help Medical Research Anyway?
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The UN has announced that medical research is on the verge of being seriously impaired by a lack of biodiversity. image via flickr user carreon I’m positive that I wasn’t the only grade schooler that was told that one of the reasons timber companies in Costa Rica were evil [...]
Continue reading...The Oldest Tree In The World: 9,950 Years Put In Perspective
Thursday, April 17, 2008
This tree is apparently 9,550 years old; well, more appropriately, not the tree itself, but the root system, which has obviously supported several different incarnations of this tree. However, since our average lifespan is far south of 100 years, we can’t really gain an appropriate perspective on how [...]
Continue reading...Environmentalism in 1778
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Our journey through environmental history has so far taken us from medieval England to ancient India, the Roman Empire, and the Japanese Edo period. A painting of the 1778 Bishnoi massacre Today we’re going to India in 1778 to cover a forest, a desert, and a tribe of environmentalists [...]
Continue reading...Kentucky Cracks Down on Tree Thieves
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
It’s a crime that can leave people asking “Why?” Walnut trees are often targeted by tree thieves for their extremely valuable wood Thieves across the country are targeting trees in the latest crime wave to hit the American people and environment.
Continue reading...Environmentalism in 1666
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Our journey through environmental history has so far taken us from medieval England to ancient India and the Roman Empire. Today we revisit Japan’s Edo period in the mid-1600s, a time of turmoil that resulted in an amazingly complex environmental policy that still influences our ideas on conservation [...]
Continue reading...Trees Are Not The Answer To Climate Change
Thursday, January 3, 2008
What was once seen as the solution to all our CO2 problems, the ability of trees to soak up anthropogenic carbon dioxide, has itself been hindered by global warming.
Continue reading...Woolly Mammoths Were Killed Off by Trees
Monday, December 17, 2007
Cavemen have been getting a bad rap long before that awful show based on the Geico commercials came out. For years we’ve taken it as gospel truth that the woolly mammoth was hunted to extinction by our hairy ancestors. Some scientists, however, are suggesting that
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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