The world’s loneliest tree had no other tree within 400 km across the Sahara Desert and roots over 30 metres deep to reach hidden groundwater, then one drunk truck driver knocked it down after 300 years of survival | World News

Deep in Niger’s Ténéré Desert once stood what was widely regarded as the world’s loneliest tree, an umbrella thorn acacia that survived for around 300 years despite having no other tree within roughly 400 kilometres. Hidden beneath the scorching Sahara, its roots stretched more than 30 metres underground to reach precious groundwater, allowing it to […]

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Amit Shah Launches Massive Tree Plantation Drive in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad, July 12: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate a large-scale tree plantation campaign in Ahmedabad on Sunday, along with the inauguration and foundation stone laying of public infrastructure projects worth approximately ₹405 crore. According to the schedule released ahead of his visit, Shah will begin his day at 8:30 AM at […]

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Not all trees fuel wildfires: Aspen tree species can actually slow or even stop them |

When a wildfire is tearing through a conifer forest, the assumption is usually that trees are simply fuel, more vegetation means a bigger, faster moving fire. Two recent studies, one covering the southwestern United States and another examining Canada’s entire boreal forest, suggest that assumption does not hold for every tree species. Aspen, a fast […]

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The monkey puzzle tree: Chile’s ancient national tree that can live for 2,000 years |

Some trees are remarkable simply because of how long they have been standing. The monkey puzzle tree, known scientifically as Araucaria araucana, belongs to a lineage so ancient that its ancestors shared the planet with dinosaurs, and individual trees alive today can trace their own root systems back nearly two thousand years. Native to the […]

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Meet Antoine Moses: Canadian ‘tree lover’ sets a second Guinness World Record by planting 47,460 trees in just 24 hours on the Kenyan coast | World News

PC: Guinness World Record On the mudflats outside Mombasa, the tide does not sit still for long. It pulls in, withdraws, leaves behind a surface that looks soft but behaves like something less forgiving once you step into it. On a stretch of coast usually shaped by salt, heat, and passing weather systems, a man […]

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Quote of the day by Abraham Lincoln: “Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” | World News

Quote of the day by Abraham Lincoln People are often judged by what others see or hear about them in their daily lives. The way people see and think about someone can affect how they are treated in society. But this view isn’t always a full picture of who they really are. This is where […]

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Australia’s ‘zombie tree’ is dying from a deadly fungal disease and scientists are racing to save it |

In the heart of Australia’s rainforests, there is a newly discovered species of tree that has gained the attention of scientists for its extremely unusual and alarming feature. The newly discovered tree, named the “Zombie Tree,” is alive, yet unable to reproduce in the wild. The tree, named Rhodamnia zombi, is unable to reproduce because […]

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Scientists finally uncover what’s hidden beneath the world’s oldest tree, and it’s alive |

In the temperate rainforests of Chile’s Alerce Costero National Park, deep in the ground, is an ancient conifer called ‘Gran Abuelo’ that has been protecting a hidden secret for thousands of years. A recent study published in the journal Biodiversity and Conservation has revealed the tree’s greatest value lies in what is hidden beneath the […]

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