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A sliver of lab-grown wood has been made from stem cells
Growing wood directly from stem cells could offer an alternative to cutting threatened hardwood trees, but it isn't clear if it has same properties as actual wood
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Technology
Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb
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Environment
The COP16 biodiversity summit was a big flop for protecting nature
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Why we may be getting urban tree planting all wrong
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Earth
A dramatic twist to the Gaia hypothesis
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Life
Intimate nature documentary is an ode to an oak
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Life
We have discovered an entirely new kind of wood
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Environment
Trees have an extra climate benefit thanks to methane-eating microbes
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Environment
Overheated trees are contributing to urban air pollution
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Environment
Could we live in tree cities grown from giant sequoia in the future?
This week our new Future Chronicles column, which explores an imagined history of inventions of the future, visits carbon negative cities: forest homes grown from giant sequoia, genetically engineered for rapid growth. Rowan Hooper is our guide
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English oaks can withstand warming 鈥� but other trees will struggle
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Life
Suppressing wildfires is harming California鈥檚 giant sequoia trees
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Climate change can disturb the accuracy of trees鈥� biological clocks
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Life
Giant sequoia trees are growing surprisingly quickly in the UK
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