Trees
Small groves: important oases for pollinators
Pollinators are nowadays an ‘hot topic’. Pollinating agricultural crops makes them important economical players, contributing in our food supply. And many pollinators like bees, butterflies and hoverflies are very visible and attractive for nature lovers. Many of these species are… read more
Trees could sink two-thirds of human-generated car..
A worldwide effort to restore trees would be the single biggest and cheapest way to pull carbon out of the atmosphere. Researchers have found that there is 1.7 billion hectares of treeless land on which 1.2 trillion trees could… read more
Sacred forests – conservation by tradition
In many regions around the world smaller or bigger forests have been preserved because the local people consider them sacred. They occur throughout the world and share many features, they are a kind of natural conservation area, often a forested… read more
Trees and climate (the lesson)
Read Trees change their anatomy as drought persists
Trees depend on climate as every living creature does, but they also can adapt to change, and may be help prevent climate change.
Questions:
The observed changes: 1/ narrower water-carrying vessels, 2/… read more
The surprising role of northern trees
25 – 50% of a living tree is water, depending on the species and the season. Until recentlythe water in the trees was seen as insignificant but resent work of thje university of Fairbanks (Alaska, USA) has shown that this… read more
