For more than eight centuries, the Nasca culture prospered in the coastal valleys of Peru until its sudden downfall around 600 AD. tags nasca peru huarango tree climate archaeologistsA team of archaeologists has now found convincing evidence the decline was self-inflicted and began with the cutting down of a tree that could have protected them from devastating climate change. picked by bingo 4 weeks ago |
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The old chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she was in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands is to be cut down. 1 comments edit related share plime.commore from wiki on the tree picked by suebe 3 years ago |
A rare ghost orchid has been found growing high in an old cypress tree in a southwest Florida nature preserve. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share science |
Police Capt. Randy Pentis said having a person allegedly call a tree service to remove someone else's tree is rare. "It's criminal," Pentis said. "It's grand theft of property." picked by hisidea 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
Bavarian police said on Thursday they have likely identified the bones found hanging more than 30 feet up a tree as those of a man who left a suicide note almost three decades ago and hasn’t been seen since. picked by kakana 8 months ago 2 comments edit related share world |
The tree, a deciduous hybrid related to the rowan, was first noticed in a small lay-by at Watersmeet in North Devon in the 1930s with a no-parking sign tacked to the bark. 0 comments edit related share scienceIt is only recently that scientists have undertaken a biochemical analysis to confirm the tree is a new species and it was formally named yesterday. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago |
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Emerge from the heavy foliage of the Oasis - Before you stands the 145-foot tall Tree of Life. The branches span 165 feet across. There are over 100,000 leaves on the tree and the trunk is 50 feet wide. 20 artists carved into the trunk, branches and roots over 320 animals. Thousands worked on the construction of the Tree of Life which took 18 months to build. Photos picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Its been here since humans developed agriculture. Its a Swedish spruce tree, and can teach us a great deal about climate change. picked by jquipp 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Autumn in the States means tree trimming. 5 comments edit related share plime.comI had a few estimates to knock down a huge tree on the Dangerman Estate come in lowball @ $1250.00. ( removal include, of course ) Imma do it Myself. picked by Dangerman 2 years ago |
A team from the European Southern Observatory captured the breathtaking picture of the Christmas Tree Star Cluster over more than 10 hours using the Wide Field Imager in Chile. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
A long lost golf ball, caught in a tree turned up when the tree was sliced up. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago 5 comments edit related share sports |
In 1986 Peter had the idea of growing a chair. Nine years later Peter & Becky became partners. Pooktre was born. Together they have mastered the art they call Pooktre, which is the shaping of trees as they grow in predetermined designs. picked by Mershaullk 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
mephitic dipsomania blamed for execrable deracination of erudition 0 comments edit related share plime.comdeclared "deontologically deleterious" picked by teaya21 3 years ago |
“Sweet magnolia” does more than describe the fragrant blossoms of a popular evergreen tree. It also applies to magnolia bark’s effects on human breath. Scientists in Illinois are reporting that breath mints made with magnolia bark extract kill most oral bacteria that cause bad breath and tooth decay within 30 minutes. The extract could be a boon for oral health when added to chew... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Scientists have designed a synthetic tree that traps carbon dioxide from the air in an attempt to combat growing emissions. picked by kakana 5 months ago 4 comments edit related share technology |
This is the most expensive tree in Britain – worth more than three times the average price of a home. 0 comments edit related share entertainmentThe Victorian plane, which has a 1.8m (6ft) wide trunk and stands in Berkeley Square in the heart of Mayfair, is valued at £750,000. picked by davethefish 2 years ago |
German police have gone to new lengths to nab a serial burglar – dressing up in tree suits and waiting in a forest for eight hours. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share world |
A new species of palm tree which flowers spectacularly once in its long life and then dies has been discovered in Madagascar. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share science |
In Abraham Stroock's lab at Cornell, the world's first synthetic tree sits in a palm-sized piece of clear, flexible hydrogel -- the type found in soft contact lenses. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share science |
A Christmas tree inside a northwest Ohio village police department is decorated with more than just the usual trimmings. Mug shots of local sex offenders are pasted on some of the ornaments. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago 2 comments edit related share world |
Pumpkins don't usually grow on trees, but that's exactly where a New Jersey family found one this weekend. The Phillips family found a 10-pound orange object hanging on a vine from a tree in their backyard. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share weird |