Learn about the ability of some fig trees to store atmospheric carbon dioxide and turn it into stone, a process that could ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...

The Iroko is a large proverbial ancient tree that grows on the west coast of Africa, in countries like Ghana, Guinea, and Nigeria. Durable, strong, and rot resistant, Iroko has many uses ...

Sean O'Brien, from the UNH Cooperative Extension, takes a look at how beech leaf disease spreads and the signs to help you ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

Tragedy struck at Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State on Sunday when a controversial 200-year-old Iroko tree at the market square at Ifite-Dunu, in the local government area fell ...

Mystery fire erupts on Iroko tree A mystery fire broke out from an Iroko tree in Badagry yesterday, defying all efforts by the fire service to put it out, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

Experiment confirms spikes on scaly tailed squirrel's tail let it perch on Iroko trees without slipping down by Bob Yirka, Phys.org edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

The Iroko tree makes a mineral by combining calcium from the earth with CO2 from the atmosphere. The bacteria then create the conditions under which this mineral turns into limestone.

George made the remark while disclosing that the policemen who besieged the PDP’s National Secretariat in Abuja and prevented members from meeting said the order came from above. The BoT could ...