Sentences with phrase «ancient tree remains»
In her studies Laura combines classical palaeoecological investigations with DNA - based analyses obtained from living and ancient tree remains to answer questions regarding their past and future range shift.»
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As I stand among the sawed - off stumps and charred remains of a small grove here, officials have just painted more of the ancient tree trunks with red X marks to signify eventual destruction.
As he talks to me he stands next to the sawed off remains of an ancient tree that tested positive for the bacterium, stroking the new growth sprouting from the top of the supposedly infected, dead stump (see the video below).
The Norian Chinle Formation in the Southwestern United States provides a snapshot into an ancient terrestrial ecosystem with its famous petrified tree trunks and various plant and vertebrate remains.
It evolved in such a way that it obtains all its water, minerals and carbohydrates from fungi — in this case, the plant's root system takes what it needs from fungi on ancient tree roots, even if the roots are all that remain in now - deforested areas.
Like a Christmas ornament on a tree, the remains of an ancient supernova hangs against a background of green - colored gas and dust.
Fellow hobbits Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) remain in the custody of a group of ancient, walking trees, while wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen), elfin archer Legolas (Orlando Bloom), belligerent dwarf Gimli (John Rhys - Davies) and dispossessed king Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), the rightful ruler of Gondor, are recovering in Rohan, where King Theoden (Bernard Hill) has just led his people to victory against Mordor's army of mutants, beasts and monsters at Helm's Deep.
Vientiane, as the capital and also one of the largest cities in Laos, still remains peaceful atmosphere in its huge tree lines along the street, ancient gorgeous temples and slow pace of life.
Instead, the bodies of the deceased are wrapped and brought by boat to the designated village graveyard and laid out on the ground around a large ancient fragrant tree and covered by a wooden cage to protect the remains from scavenging animals.
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History website describes archeological expeditions that have uncovered abandoned Viking settlements beneath the country's now - frozen tundra and remains of ancient forests far above the current natural tree line.
People realized that only a small and diminishing remnant remained of the great ancient forests of North America, and the same fate threatened the rest of the planet's trees.
3) If these ancient trees tend to go through non-climatic dieback / stripbark processes, and if growth tends to increase in the remaining live area, wouldn't these combine to form a generalized «recent growth surge» signal among upper treeline — ie most - exposed — tree stands?