Trees

Source or sink? Trees with heart rot disease emit more methane, upending forest carbon models

• Throughout their lifetimes, healthy forests produce more oxygen than they use, while taking in greenhouse gases via plants and soils • This ecosystem-wide service, called carbon

Near-optimal population protocols on bounded-degree trees

• Computer Science > Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing [Submitted on 18 Feb 2026] Title:Near-optimal population protocols on bounded-degree trees View PDF HTML (experime

Spruce trees stumped (sigh) when it comes to predicting eclipses

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New critique debunks claim that trees can sense a solar eclipse

• Last year, a team of scientists presented evidence that spruce trees in Italy’s Dolomite mountains synchronized their bioelectrical activity in anticipation of a partial solar ec