Meet The World’s Most ‘Safeguarded’ Tree—A Jurassic Survivor Thought Extinct Until 1994
The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age ...
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Preserving Alabama’s Flagg Mountain, the Southernmost Appalachian Peak
This longleaf pine is believed to be the oldest tree in Alabama at approximately 397 years old. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News “There’s a lot more impressive trees than that one ...
Ancient forest uncovered by melting ice in the Rocky Mountains
A nearly 6,000-year-old forest is once again seeing daylight after millennia hidden under ice in the Rocky Mountains. A team ...
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Benton cemetery trees cut down, angering some residents
Town officials say the maintenance is necessary to protect historic gravestones. BENTON — The last of the century-old pine trees standing high over Goodwin Cemetery were cut down Jan. 10 ...
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Melting ice in Wyoming reveals 5,900-year-old whitebark pine forest above current tree line
The melting of glaciers in the Rocky Mountains led to a remarkable discovery: a 5,900-year-old whitebark pine forest, including more than 30 dead trees that were entombed in ice for millennia.
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Melting ice in Wyoming reveals 5,900-year-old whitebark pine forest above current tree line
Melting ice in Wyoming reveals 5,900-year-old whitebark pine forest above current tree line. Illustration. (photo credit: Pnature. Via Shutterstock) The melting of glaciers in the Rocky Mountains ...