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A helicopter flying above a popular southern California beach suddenly began spiralling out of control, eventually losing altitude and crashing into a row of palm trees as beachgoers looked on. Videos posted online show the aircraft starting to spin above Huntington Beach then plunging towards the edge of the beach, where it becomes wedged between palms and a staircase near …

Gold may not literally grow on trees, but a groundbreaking study from Finland suggests that nature may come close. Researchers investigating Norway spruce trees in northern Finland found tiny gold nanoparticles inside tree needles. Surprisingly, these particles appear to form with the help of microbes living inside the needles. The study, conducted by the University of Oulu and the Geological …

Plants do more than photosynthesize – some of them make gold. In a boreal forest in northern Finland, scientists found tiny gold particles inside Norway spruce needles. Plants like the Norway spruce host tiny microbial partners that tweak chemistry inside their leaves and needles in ways that science is only beginning to understand. For the first time, scientists …

‘All the trees are dead’: An ancient California forest has been wiped out  San Francisco Chronicle Source link

The giants of the Amazon are getting even bigger. A sweeping new study has found the rainforest’s largest trees are not only holding their ground, they’re thriving — growing, multiplying in number and continue to play a major role in mitigating the impacts of climate change. There was a 3.3% expansion in big trees per decade, scientists found, after tracking …

Trees of all sizes across the Amazon rainforest are getting fatter due to climate change, a new study shows. Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere have created a more resource-rich environment for plants in the Amazon, leading to an average 3.3% increase in the circumference of trees at their base every decade since the 1970s, researchers have found. …

QUICK FACTS Name: Cairo Fossil Forest Location: Cairo, New York Coordinates: 42.320497982992606, -74.04507745235895 Why it’s incredible: The forest preserves some of the oldest trees in the world. The Cairo Fossil Forest is a unique collection of 385 million-year-old trees preserved in an abandoned quarry in upstate New York. The forest holds some of the oldest trees in the world, as …

The biggest trees in the Amazon are growing larger and more numerous, according to a new study that shows how an intact rainforest can help draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and sequester it in bark, trunk, branch and root. Scientists said the paper, published in Nature Plants on Thursday, was welcome confirmation that big trees are proving more …

Florida’s palm trees are being increasingly jeopardized thanks to a disease that’s spreading through the state. That’s according to UF/IFAS’ Larry Figart, an extension agent in urban forestry for the Duval County Extension Service. In a blog post earlier this year, Figart touched on the threat, identified as “Lethal Bronzing Disease” (LBD). [BELOW: Florida’s native palm trees are under attack] …

Firefighters guard California sequoias as wildfire threatens ancient trees  The Washington Post Firefighters Race to Save a Treasured Sequoia Grove in California  The New York Times Garnet Fire grows in size over the weekend, crews battle blaze threatening Sequoias  ABC30 Fresno California firefighters race to protect ancient sequoia trees as wildfire spreads  The Guardian Garnet Fire Rages Across Sierras: Latest News  The Weather Channel Source …