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Smooth Horsetail Planyt

Peculiar Plant Could Help Us Reconstruct Ancient Earth’s Climate

Ancient horsetail plants are helping scientists unlock Earth's distant climate history. Their extraordinary ability to concentrate water isotopes offers a new window into prehistoric humidity, water cycles, and ecosystems dating back hundreds of millions of years.

If Not from Soil, Where Does a Tree Get Its Bulk?

If Not from Soil, Where Does a Tree Get Its Bulk?

Where Do Trees Really Get Their Bulk From? Not the Soil!

pando_forest_utah

It’s the Largest Living Organism on Earth, and It’s Hiding in Plain Sight in Utah

“The largest – and possibly oldest – living organism. NOTE: this article was originally published to the Deseret News’ Apple News channel on August 15, 2021. It was written by Lee Benson. The Pando Aspen Grove near Fish Lake in south central Utah has been existing, and minding its own business, since

scary tall and thin black trees in blue background

Book Review: ‘I Know What I Saw’

Seriously weird wildlife. NOTE: this article was originally published to WSJ.com on August 2, 2019. It was written by Tom Shippey. A collection of ﬁrsthand sightings of mythical and mysterious creatures in the U.S., from the Oglala Deer Woman to the Texas Lobo Girl. Farmers on the Mediterranean

Restoring Forests Could Help Put a Brake on Global Warming, Study Finds

Restoring Forests Could Help Put a Brake on Global Warming, Study Finds

We can disagree about the causes, extent or consequences of so-called global warming, and still acknowledge that great damage is being done to grasslands and forests by human impact. We can and should address the ongoing damage, even though we might disagree on other climate issues. The best way