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More on Why Tree Trunks Spiral | Geophysical Institute I eventually found a tree with a spiral lightning mark and it followed the spiral grain exactly One tree, of course, proves nothing "But why should the tree spiral? More speculation here: Foliage tends to be thicker on the south side of the tree because of better sunlight
Lake Management Conservation - Bengaluru Sustainability Forum Community-driven initiatives, such as citizen-led lake cleaning drives, tree planting campaigns, and educational programs, contribute to building a sense of ownership and responsibility among the residents
Cottonwood and Balsam Poplar | Geophysical Institute The Klukwan giant holds the national record for black cottonwood diameter Its nearest rival, a tree near Salem, Oregon, does hold the national height record The Klukwan giant belies the belief that trees tend to get smaller the farther north one goes Both balsam poplar and cottonwood have value for fuel wood, pulp and lumber
BIODIVERSITY - Bengaluru Sustainability Forum Bengaluru Sustainability Forum The Bengaluru Sustainability Forum (BSF) is an inter-institutional collaborative initiative to address issues relating to long-term sustainability of urban and peri-urban landscapes - focusing on public goods, including water, air and soil, amongst others The primary objective of the forum, which comprises both academic institutions and practitioners, is to
Tamarack -- Not A Dead Spruce | Geophysical Institute It is not possible to foretell if tamarack may some day become a commercial crop, but one thing is certain: the "spruce that dies" each fall has some unique qualities that make it a desirable tree for ornamental, subsistence and commercial uses in interior Alaska
Urban Biodiversity - Bengaluru Sustainability Forum Over the years the city has also gained, through human intervention, fruit orchards, botanical parks, tree-lined roads, and even forest of trees in cemeteries, proliferating home gardens, and decades old army cantonments All these contribute to and make up the biodiversity in Bengaluru
The Kodiak Treeline | Geophysical Institute Spruce trees planted on the islands by the Russians in 1805 are doing just fine and reseeding themselves naturally, although the total tree population hardly amounts to a forest In recent years, trees have been planted at military bases along the chain, and the State is now shipping out seedlings for reforestation projects all over Alaska
Suttha Muttha - Bengaluru Sustainability Forum Jane Sahi, Founder Fig Tree learning center and Roshni Ravi, Nature conservation foundation are going to design and create locally relevant and accessible teaching-learning material, curate stories, songs and sayings in consultation with parents, teachers and students
Tropical Fossils in Alaska - Geophysical Institute In contrast, the equatorial and tropical rain forests may contain as many as 3000 different species in an area no larger than one square mile Trees of the rain forest tend to have smooth bark, broad evergreen leaves and heavily buttressed roots--all suitable characteristics for a climate where water and sunshine are plentiful all year round
Jakkur’s Community Gardens: growing your diet by the lake A few hundred metres in the walk you come up to the jetty under a big ficus tree from where they drift their coracles to catch the fish Just here, on the other side, the row of trees gives way to a collection of plants