New Wood Trees

Growing trees in Devon, UK

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Most probably my favourite tree in the UK....(really i promise!) #pinussylvestris #southams

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

This is how plants breathe.

A close-up view of a single stoma on the leaf of a boat lily, seen through a microscope.

📽: Douglas Clark

[MatrixMysteries @MatrixMysteries]

“I’ve grown crops on this land grow for DECADES — and this year it’s like the whole thing just… stopped.”

A farmer says months under a strange cloud blanket left his land eerily still, with no insects, no bees, no birds — and crops that refuse to grow.

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I (Philip) had the privilege of spending the morning with Dawie and Lizette from @sustainableceder collecting data on a stand of ancient Widdringtonia cedarberghensis in the Cederberg, South Africa. They also re-establish small trees in the mountains to replenish lost trees.

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

Deep in a New Zealand swamp, scientists discovered an ancient kauri tree that had been entombed for more than 40,000 years—its trunk preserved like a wooden time capsule. But this wasn’t just any prehistoric tree. Its rings revealed something extraordinary: it had lived through the Laschamp Excursion, a rare moment when Earth’s magnetic poles reversed. More alarming, however, was the period just before the flip—known as the Adams Event—when the planet’s magnetic field all but vanished, exposing the Earth to an onslaught of cosmic radiation.

With Earth’s magnetic shield weakened to as little as 0–6% of its normal strength, solar and cosmic radiation surged in, triggering global climate chaos. Ice sheets expanded dramatically, storm systems rerouted, and once-verdant lands like parts of Australia were swallowed by desert. Some researchers believe the event contributed to the extinction of the Neanderthals and forced early humans into caves for protection—where they began creating the earliest known symbolic art. These dramatic shifts suggest the Adams Event wasn’t just a magnetic anomaly—it was a turning point in human history.

Now, the ancient kauri stands as both relic and warning. Its rings carry the silent testimony of a world on the edge, a reminder that our magnetic field is not permanent. If such a collapse were to happen today, the consequences could be dire—satellite failure, communication breakdowns, grid collapses, and rapid shifts in climate. This tree, long dead, still speaks—whispering across the ages about the fragility of the invisible forces that shield our modern world.

#drthehistories

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Fascinating pruning technique on this Buxus sempervirens in the Cotswold, UK

[Manuela Casasoli @manuelacasasoli]

From my hikes...

This wonderful bent trunk tells the tree's story.

Utah - 2024

Have a good day!

#hiking #thicktrunktuesday #nature #trees

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A beautiful multistem Acer griseum (Paperbark Maple) for #thicktrunktuesday

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Prunus serrulata 'Pink Perfection' looking very flamboyant at the moment.

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What a beauty

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Surely this can't be true!!

BBC News - Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit
https://t.co/IBo13j8UX5

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Beautiful pollarded Quercus ilex in a local village.

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@JamesMelville No no no ....

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BBC News - Bee-harming pesticides found in majority of English waterways - BBC News
https://t.co/YjchReSY1C

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@xmuse_ Cape Town

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@CarolineVoaden A MP to be proud of, thanks 👏👏👏

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Alnus cordata lifted and ready to be planted

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Very proud of our local MP

[Caroline Voaden MP @CarolineVoaden]

Last night, I delivered my assessment of the Chancellor’s Budget, which included a call to sort out the gaping hole of social care in the government’s finances.

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@kvistp 0 you

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@Sarahhuniverse Murdering our ancients