FRED HAGENEDER’S GATEWAY TO THE MEANING OF TREES IN CULTURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS

bumble bee on tree flower. © lava777/fotolia.com
botany

Trees have electric auras

Bees can recognise how vital and pollen-bearing flowers are from their electrical fields.

Forest Hero Shigeatsu Hatakeyama. © Ryo Murakami/UNU
climate care

Forests ‘activate’ coastal seas

The positive influence forests have on ocean ecology and biodiversity was put to good use by a Japanese oyster farmer who received a UN Forest Heroes Award.

Aerial view of the Pastaza River in Ecuador. © Ammit Jack/shutterstock.com
climate care

The real importance of the Amazon rainforest

Not only the climate of South America depends on the ‘water management’ of the Amazon rainforest but the global climate of the entire northern hemisphere.

veils of rain over forest landscape. © Dudarev Mikhail/fotolia.com
climate care

Tree vapours cool planet

New discoveries show that tree vapours cool the planet, and that protecting old-growth forests would be one of the best ways to counteract global heating.

woman sitting in a forest clearing. © Kichigin/shutterstock
botany

Trees improve human health

Forest time reduces the level of stress chemicals in the body, boosts the immune system and hence helps to ward off viruses, bacteria and even tumours.

oldest spruce in the world: 'Old Tjikko' (excerpt) in Fulufjäll, Sweden. © Karl Brodowsky/Wikimedia Creative Commons
botany

The world’s oldest spruce found in Sweden

Beneath a spruce tree in Sweden scientists found ancient spruce remains (cones and wood) of the same genetic make-up, pointing to a vast age for this tree.

ice on Greenland (2009). © Halorache/Creative Commons
botany

Oldest DNA samples found on Greenland

The oldest authenticated DNA was recovered from ancient biological material, helping to reconstruct past habitats eliminated by natural climate change.

prehistoric root system in the excavation field. © Nathalie Cohen
cultural history

Prehistoric forest discovered near London

A mile and a half of prehistoric mixed forest of oak, ash, alder, Scots pine, and yew has been discovered on the south bank of the Thames.

viruses. © psdesign1/fotolia.com
conservation

Rainforest vs new diseases

Destruction of tropical rainforest is often followed by the outbreak of new diseases. An unknown virus was discovered in the blood of the workmen…

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bumble bee on tree flower. © lava777/fotolia.com
botany

Trees have electric auras

Bees can recognise how vital and pollen-bearing flowers are from their electrical fields.

Forest Hero Shigeatsu Hatakeyama. © Ryo Murakami/UNU
climate care

Forests ‘activate’ coastal seas

The positive influence forests have on ocean ecology and biodiversity was put to good use by a Japanese oyster farmer who received a UN Forest Heroes Award.

Aerial view of the Pastaza River in Ecuador. © Ammit Jack/shutterstock.com
climate care

The real importance of the Amazon rainforest

Not only the climate of South America depends on the ‘water management’ of the Amazon rainforest but the global climate of the entire northern hemisphere.

veils of rain over forest landscape. © Dudarev Mikhail/fotolia.com
climate care

Tree vapours cool planet

New discoveries show that tree vapours cool the planet, and that protecting old-growth forests would be one of the best ways to counteract global heating.

woman sitting in a forest clearing. © Kichigin/shutterstock
botany

Trees improve human health

Forest time reduces the level of stress chemicals in the body, boosts the immune system and hence helps to ward off viruses, bacteria and even tumours.

oldest spruce in the world: 'Old Tjikko' (excerpt) in Fulufjäll, Sweden. © Karl Brodowsky/Wikimedia Creative Commons
botany

The world’s oldest spruce found in Sweden

Beneath a spruce tree in Sweden scientists found ancient spruce remains (cones and wood) of the same genetic make-up, pointing to a vast age for this tree.

ice on Greenland (2009). © Halorache/Creative Commons
botany

Oldest DNA samples found on Greenland

The oldest authenticated DNA was recovered from ancient biological material, helping to reconstruct past habitats eliminated by natural climate change.

prehistoric root system in the excavation field. © Nathalie Cohen
cultural history

Prehistoric forest discovered near London

A mile and a half of prehistoric mixed forest of oak, ash, alder, Scots pine, and yew has been discovered on the south bank of the Thames.

viruses. © psdesign1/fotolia.com
conservation

Rainforest vs new diseases

Destruction of tropical rainforest is often followed by the outbreak of new diseases. An unknown virus was discovered in the blood of the workmen…

Do You Want To Boost Your Business?

drop us a line and keep in touch