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A Curious Patch of Trees Before the Descent

Before making their way back down the volcano, researchers sample trees from a part of the forest that seems to have very little human impact.
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Diseased trees new source of climate gas

Academics / General Science : Science Codex (9 months ago)

Diseased trees in forests may be a significant new source of methane that causes climate change, according to researchers at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in Geophysical Research Letters. Sixty trees sampled at... Read Post

Drought makes Borneo's trees flower at the same time

Academics / General Science : Science Daily (5 hours ago)

Tropical plants flower at supra-annual irregular intervals. In addition, mass flowering is typical for the tropical forests in Borneo and elsewhere, where hundreds of different plant timber species from the Dipterocarpaceae family f... Read Post

Atop a Volcano, the Ages of Red Pines

Academics / General Science : Scientist at Work (last year)

Tree-ring researchers scout forest patches along Mount Tajumulco in hopes of finding some ancient trees. Read Post


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