
More on Why Tree Trunks Spiral | Geophysical Institute
Nov 20, 2025 · I eventually found a tree with a spiral lightning mark and it followed the spiral grain exactly. One tree, of course, proves nothing. "But why should the tree spiral? More speculation …
Lake Management & Conservation - Bengaluru Sustainability Forum
Community-driven initiatives, such as citizen-led lake cleaning drives, tree planting campaigns, and educational programs, contribute to building a sense of ownership and responsibility …
Cottonwood and Balsam Poplar | Geophysical Institute
Nov 20, 2025 · The Klukwan giant holds the national record for black cottonwood diameter. Its nearest rival, a tree near Salem, Oregon, does hold the national height record. The Klukwan …
Bengaluru Sustainability Forum The Bengaluru Sustainability Forum (BSF) is an inter-institutional collaborative initiative to address issues relating to long-term sustainability of urban and peri …
Tamarack -- Not A Dead Spruce | Geophysical Institute
Nov 20, 2025 · It is not possible to foretell if tamarack may some day become a commercial crop, but one thing is certain: the "spruce that dies" each fall has some unique qualities that make it …
Jakkur’s Community Gardens: growing your diet by the lake
A few hundred metres in the walk you come up to the jetty under a big ficus tree from where they drift their coracles to catch the fish. Just here, on the other side, the row of trees gives way to …
The Kodiak Treeline | Geophysical Institute
Nov 20, 2025 · Spruce trees planted on the islands by the Russians in 1805 are doing just fine and reseeding themselves naturally, although the total tree population hardly amounts to a …
Vanasuma: A book on common wildflowers in and around …
The book, VANASUMA will be a record of the wild flowering trees in and around the National Park in Kannada, which will serve as a field guide as well – with high quality pictures and detailed …
Tropical Fossils in Alaska - Geophysical Institute
Nov 20, 2025 · In contrast, the equatorial and tropical rain forests may contain as many as 3000 different species in an area no larger than one square mile. Trees of the rain forest tend to …
Jan 18, 2025 · Termites Small-Medium sized (5-20mm) social insects that build and live in constructed soil mounds above ground, on weak or dead tree trunks, and in underground …