Gone for good? California"s beetle-killed, carbon-storing pine forests may not come back
Ponderosa pine forests in the Sierra Nevada that were wiped out by western pine beetles during the 2012-2015 megadrought won't recover to pre-drought densities, reducing an important storehouse for atmospheric carbon......»»
Review: D&D: Honor Among Thieves is a worthy homage to the classic RPG
Directors cite Princess Bride, Monty Python and the Holy Grail as influences, and it shows. Enlarge / Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez star as Elgin (a bard) and Holga (a barbarian) in D&D: Honor Among Thieves. (credit: Paramoun.....»»
How to sell cars in GTA 5
If you know your Dundreary Regina from your Albany Buccaneer, you just might be able to make a lot of money......»»
Fungi that causes pine ghost canker detected in southern California trees
Fungal pathogens that cause die-back in grape, avocado, citrus, nut and other crops has found a new host and is infecting conifer trees causing Pine Ghost Canker in urban forest areas of Southern California......»»
High-intensity fires do not reverse bush encroachment in an African savanna, finds study
A decade-long experiment on the use of high-intensity fire to control bush encroachment in South Africa's Kruger National Park (KNP) has revealed that despite an initial short-term effect, these fires did not result in a meaningful reversal in bush e.....»»
Newly discovered components of Dendrolimus pini sex pheromone
Beyond the seven mountains and forests, a hungry beast was stealing away. Does this sound like a fairy tale? In reality, such a beast does exist. It is the caterpillar of the nocturnal pine-tree lappet moth (Dendrolimus pini, L.), which feeds on pine.....»»
Apple TV+ Timothee Chalamet ad campaign continues with "A Taste"
Timothee Chalamet is back again with another Apple TV+ in which he continues to pine for his own show on the platform."A Taste with Timothee Chalamet"Earlier in January, Apple released an ad called "Call Me" that showed Timothee Chalamet feeling left.....»»
New poem by famed early American poet Phillis Wheatley discovered
A University at Albany professor has discovered the earliest known full-length elegy by famed poet Phillis Wheatley (Peters), widely regarded as the first Black person, enslaved person and one of the first women in America to publish a book of poetry.....»»
Chris Pine battles undead army in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves trailer
"I lost everything that ever mattered to me. If we quit now, that's for nothing." Chris Pine and his merry band of misfits battle a supernatural evil in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. With a cinematic release just two mont.....»»
20 years ago, vast bushfires razed Canberra"s suburbs—and bushfire science was never the same
It has been 20 years to the day since bushfires burst out of the Brindabella Ranges and into the suburbs of our nation's bush capital. Four lives were lost, many people were injured and more than 500 homes were destroyed......»»
Spotted hyenas all sound different when they call—they can tell friend from foe
On quiet nights across large swaths of the African bush, you may hear a series of whooping calls in the distance. This unique sound is the long-distance vocalization used by spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) to communicate with each other......»»
Apple"s workhorse MacBook Air is 15 years old
It's now barely recognizable from the original in all but name, but whether it's the new M2 MacBook Air or any other version, this superb line was unveiled on this day in 2008.Cast your mind back to the last year of the George W. Bush Administration......»»
Study: Community violence interventionists face on-the-job violence, secondary trauma
Two newly published articles by researchers at the University at Albany and Northwestern University show the extent to which civilians working to intervene in and de-escalate street violence face job-related violence themselves, as well as secondary.....»»
Old trees could become renewable fuels this Christmas
A new paper, published in the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering journal, found that pine needles could be used to produce renewable fuels and value-added chemicals, such as preservatives used in agriculture, using only water as a solvent......»»
Scientists highlight safe access to the outdoors with naming of new plant species
A new species of Australian bush tomato described from the Garrarnawun Lookout in Judbarra National Park provides a compelling example of the need to provide equal and safe access to natural places. Bucknell University postdoctoral fellow Tanisha Wil.....»»
Whitebark pine that feeds grizzlies is threatened, US says
Whitebark pine trees can live more than 1,000 years, but in just two decades more than a quarter of the trees that are a key food source for some grizzly bears have been killed by disease, climate change, wildfires and voracious beetles, government o.....»»
Bad fire science can kill threatened species: It"s time to cooperate with nature
For four years, naturalist Allison Dixon regularly walked from dusk until dawn at the Warrungup Spring bush reserve south of Perth, carefully documenting every western ringtail possum she saw......»»
Researchers reveal secret of ultra-slow motion of pine cones
In a study recently published in Nature Materials, Prof. Wang Shutao from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Prof. Liu Huan from Beihang University revealed the secret of ultra-slow mo.....»»
Mineral soil in forests accumulates carbon as trees grow
A recent study by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) investigated the accumulation of soil carbon in forest sites monitored intensively in the long term. In mature spruce- and pine-dominated forests where the growing stock volume increase.....»»
New Mexico’s Beloved Pinyon Jay Is Losing Its Pine Habitat
A Western landscape’s namesake bird is threatened by climate change, and perhaps by wildfire prevention tactics that thin out the trees they rely on......»»