Last Updated: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 17:06
Leaves are known to possess circadian rhythms, but the new study is the first to demonstrate them in whole trees.
Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 21:37
The "Sai Upwan" city forest in Ghaziabad is set to be flattened out and stripped of its green cover soon as the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) sets about the construction of an elevated road.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 12:32
The local administration has imposed a blanket ban on plantation of Russian poplar trees in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir keeping in view the large scale complaints of allergy being caused by its pollen.
Last Updated: Monday, May 20, 2013, 15:32
Short, sharp fluctuations in the Earth`s climate throughout the last ice age may have stopped trees from establishing themselves in Europe and northern Asia, a new study has found.
Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 11:41
Over 3,000 trees, including those falling within the Narpuh Reserve Forest in eastern Meghalaya, might face the axe for the proposed widening of the National Highway 44 which connects the state to Assam.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 17:17
The mathematical explanation for the phenomena – the taller the tree, the smaller its leaves – also sets a limit on how tall trees can grow, researchers say.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 23, 2012, 20:30
German scientists are searching a way to clone the perfect Christmas tree.
Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2012, 13:20
The felling of giant trees can be disastrous from the ecological perspective, possibly triggering a vicious cycle of more forest shrinkage and carbon emissions.
Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2012, 10:14
Researchers have discovered the eating habits of a giant, herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic period using a three-dimensional model of the animal’s skull.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 19:23
Palm trees, usually found in hot climatic conditions, could grow in the Antarctic within a few hundred years if climate change continues, researchers said.
Last Updated: Monday, June 4, 2012, 16:03
In the late eighth century, Earth was hit by a mystery blast of cosmic rays, say Japanese scientists.
Last Updated: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 12:32
Trees have biological clocks and can be affected by jetlag just as humans, a new study has revealed.
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