
More on Why Tree Trunks Spiral | Geophysical Institute
Nov 20, 2025 · 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: …
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 …
Cottonwood and Balsam Poplar | Geophysical Institute
Nov 20, 2025 · 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 …
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 …
Tamarack -- Not A Dead Spruce | Geophysical Institute
Nov 20, 2025 · 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 …
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 …
The Kodiak Treeline | Geophysical Institute
Nov 20, 2025 · 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 …
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 …
Tropical Fossils in Alaska - Geophysical Institute
Nov 20, 2025 · 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, …
Aug 26, 2024 · A variety of exotic tree species are also commonly observed around the city of Bengaluru, these are: Delonix regia, Enterolobium saman, Parkia biglandulosa, Peltophorum …