Earth may be alive: not as the ancients saw her — a sentient Goddess with a purpose and foresight— but alive like a tree. A tree that quietly exists, never moving except to sway in the wind, yet ...

An average maturing tree under optimal conditions can transport up to 10,000 gallons of water only to capture about 1,000 usable gallons for the production of food and adding to its biomass.

In this paper, a coherent framework for estimating the density and the distribution of roots using ground penetrating radar is presented. The proposed methodology is a multi-stage data processing ...

Another big no-no. Trees simply grow healthier when their planters understand their root systems. Here are several tree root myths that may change—improve, rather—the way you plant.

The emergence of mobile sensors dramatically improves the availability of mission critical sensors and sensor networks (MC-SSN), enabling it to be utilized in more challenging tasks. However, current ...

It’s called a Miyawaki forest, the first one planted in Worcester. That happened last spring and today this urban forest ...

Cottonwood trees disperse seeds via wind, using white, fluffy tufts. This typically lasts four weeks, from late May to late June. The trees are common in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, growing near ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Zach Welch, of Monster Tree Service of St. Louis, prepares to hoist himself up a tree to cut down a hanging limb at a home in ...

He said crews used proven ecological techniques like planting native wetland vegetation to absorb excess nutrients before they reach Lac La Belle. They also installed root wads, strong tree root ...

Seattle, along with other cities, is struggling to balance the need for more housing with the preservation and growth of trees that help address the impacts of climate change.

The present study evaluated by cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) the apical canal transportation and centralizing ability of different automated systems after root canal preparation. The ...