Not exact matches
They said the collapsed bridge makes it difficult for them to access their farms, especially during the rainy seasons and some farmers have sustained various degrees of injuries by falling from it into the river while crossing, due to
decayed wood slabs
on it.
That's because they underwent a process in which silica — likely emitted by a nearby volcano — saturated the tree and took
on the shape of the
wood's internal structure as it
decayed, preserving its 3D cellular structure.
Figure 1: Hyphae of a
wood -
decaying fungus found growing
on the underside of a fallen log.
When walking your dog, avoid
woods, tall grasses, overgrown shrubs and
decaying leaves
on the ground.
Look more closely and the
woods are home to a diversity of flora and fauna, from ancient horsetail ferns to 200 species of fungi, many of which grow
on dead and
decaying trees.
I already pointed out it would be cheaper to grow trees, build wooden ships from them, and sink the ships over the Marianis Trench where the
wood will never
decay on the bottom.