000 years ago. Despite this decline, there are still 3trn trees on Earth— 400 for every living person. Each year they absorb more carbon than is emitted by America and Britain combined. Trees populate humans’ landscapes and language...
Trees populate humans' landscapes and language: five of the 20 most common street names in America are trees (oak, pine, maple, cedar, elm). Their branches reach science, trade and literature, Mr Lewis says. Clues about the past lives of trees are buried inside their trunks. Some have be...
The fall of Adam and Eve is the classic example, chronicled in the Bible. According to the Book of Genesis, God created Adam and Eve to take care of the world He had created and to populate the Earth. The first man and woman lived in the Garden of Eden, a perfect place. God told...
"Jungle sweeps the reader into the primordial heart of the earth, as if the crucible of life welcomed you to its sanctuary. Its revelations and stories will stir, rearrange and populate your mind for years to come. As a book, it is a joy, pure intellectual chocolate"–Paul Hawken, ...
And beyond Earth, conditions that make life possible for humans are likely rare. In turn, so-called extreme environments and the extremophiles that populate them may be more commonplace. Here on Earth, a number of factors might earn a place the label "extreme," including the following: ...
Many of these trees and shrubs are endemic – found in the matorral and nowhere else, as are some of the animals that depend on the vegetation for sustenance, making this region a “biodiversity hotspot”. Humans enjoy its benign climate as well, which is why most of Chile’s population ...
Just 50 years ago, no one knew why the Earth has mountains. Now we do. This is the story of how we figured it out - and how we keep learning.
In other words, we have a continuous stream of data telling us the same thing again, and again, and again: Earth's climate is changing, and it's because of the humans that populate it. It is this kind of data that should be dictating our response. ...
Is it any wonder that humans have developed so many stories about sea monsters when animals like this giant devil ray (or devil fish) have been found beneath the waves? This specimen caught in 1933 was more than 5,000 pounds (2,268 kilograms) and 20 feet (6 meters) wide. © Bett...
The microbiome can be confusing because it’s different than otherorgansin that it’s not just in one location and is not very large in size — plus it has very far-reaching roles that are tied to so many different bodily functions. Even the word “microbiome” tells you a lot about h...