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Added on: 24th Jul 2016

 

SANDBOX TREES ARE COVERED IN POISONOUS

SPIKES AND CAN SHOOT THEIR FRUITS AT

OVER 250KM!

Sandbox trees are covered in poisonous spikes and can shoot their fruits at over 250km!

 

 

DURING THE LATE DEVONIAN PERIOD, AS PLANTS

BEGAN TO APPEAR, TREES STARTED TO INCREASE

IN NUMBER AND SUCK ALL THE CO2 OUT OF THE

AIR. THIS ENDED UP CAUSING AN ICE AGE

BECAUSE THE FUNGI THAT WOULD DECOMPOSE

THE TREES AND CONVERT THEM BACK INTO

CO2 DIDN'T EXIST YET. SCIENTISTS HAVE CALLED

THIS THE LATE DEVONIAN WOOD CRISIS

During the late Devonian Period, as plants began to appear, trees started to increase in number and suck all the CO2 out of the air. This ended up causing an ice age because the fungi that would decompose the trees and convert them back into CO2 didn't exist yet. Scientists have called this the Late Devonian Wood Crisis

 

 

THE US HAS MORE TREES NOW THAN IT HAS EVER

HAD IN THE PAST 100 YEARS. THIS IS BECAUSE

STARTING IN THE 1940’S DEFORESTATION RATES

HAVE BEEN LOWER THAN FOREST GROWTH RATES

The US has more trees now than it has ever had in the past 100 years. This is because starting in the 1940s deforestation rates have been lower than forest growth rates.

 

 

RECENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN HOW OLDER AND

BIGGER TREES SHARE NUTRIENTS WITH SMALLER

AND YOUNGER TREES. THE NEW TREES THEN

REPAY THE DEBT WHEN THEY GET BIGGER

Recent studies have shown how older and bigger trees share nutrients with smaller and younger trees. The new trees then repay the debt when they get bigger.

 

 

DURING MR T'S TIME IN THE ARMY, HE WAS

ORDERED TO CHOP TREES AS A PUNISHMENT.

HE ENDED UP CHOPPING DOWN MORE THAN 70

TREES IN 4 HOURS UNTIL HIS ASTONISHED

OFFICERS TOLD HIM TO STOP

During Mr T's time in the Army, he was ordered to chop trees as a punishment. He ended up chopping down more than 70 trees in 4 hours until his astonished officers told him to stop

 

 

IN 1987, MR T WENT ON TO MAKE HIS NEIGHBOURS

MAD (IN LAKE FOREST, A SUBURB OF CHICAGO)

BY CUTTING DOWN MORE THAN 100 TREES ON

HIS PROPERTY. THIS HAS COME TO BE KNOWN

AS THE LAKE FOREST CHAINSAW MASSACRE

In 1987, Mr T went on to make his neighbors mad (in Lake Forest, a suburb of Chicago) by cutting down more than 100 trees on his property. This has come to be known as the Lake Forest Chainsaw Massacre

 

 

TREEHOTEL IS A HOTEL IN SWEDEN THAT HAS ALL

ITS ROOMS EXACTLY WHERE YOU MIGHT SUSPECT,

IN THE TREES!

Treehotel is a hotel in Sweden that has all it's rooms exactly where you might suspect....in the trees!

 

 

SINCE THE 1980’S, EVERY CHINESE CITIZEN OVER

THE AGE OF 11 HAS BEEN LEGALLY MANDATED TO

PLANT AT LEAST 3 TREES EVERY SINGLE YEAR

Since the 1980s, every Chinese citizen over the age of 11 has been legally mandated to plant at least 3 trees every single year

 


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