For more than 50 years, the organizationAmerican Forestshas documented the largest know specimens of U.S. trees. The result isThe National Register of Big Trees. You can find the complete register online; see theRegister. Provide each student with a copy of theBig Trees work sheetand have t...
In other words,forests are really, really cool, which is why so many of us want to explore them when we travel the world. Here’s a look at 25 of the largest forests in the world, each of which deserves a place on anynature lover’s world travelbucket list! READ MORE:30 Facts Abo...
A collaborative effort between NASA and the French space agency CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales) through the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission now provides researchers with a valuable tool to monitor water levels in lakes, reservoirs, and rivers within this critical ...
Yellowstone National Park, the world’s first national park and a UNESCO World Heritage site, is enormous. But the 2.2 million-acre Yellowstone doesn’t even come close to the nation’s largest national park, the remote Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve in Alaska. It would take si...
With US$456 million invested in Myanmar last year alone, Singapore plays a substantial role in funding the junta’s abuses, be it by producing oil or paying it hard cash.
Mountains have the most characteristic Alpine Lakes--yunzhonghu, a drop between the national biggest waterfall-the cliff head falls, has well-preserved primitive forests and a large area of Quaternary glacier relic--Kau Kung Hill Park, peasant uprising leader of China's only preserved tombs--into...
One of the biggest concerns in science is bias(偏见)-that scientists themselves, consciously or subconsciously may put their thumbs on the scales and influence the outcomes of experiments.Boffins have come up with all sorts of strategies to try to remove it, from having their colleagues repeat ...
International expansion takes an Iberian route.Samec, S.A. - Sociedad Anónima de Manufactura Española del Corcho, one of the largest companies in the cork industry in Spain, a country with significant cork oak forests. 1973 1973 Corticeira Amorim successfully begins toproduce cork rubber. ...
READ MORE:The 20 Biggest Forests in the World Tugela Falls first drop off by AndynctCC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Tugela Falls Located inSouth Africa, Tugela Falls makes five impressive dives, plunging for about 3,110 feet in all. It’s globally recognized as the highest waterfall ...