Asthma attacks: Trees carrying out silent DEFENCE for sufferers in urban areas

Researchers from the University of Exeter’s media school studied the impact of urban greenery on the potentially life-threatening respiratory condition.  Their findings suggest planting trees could help reduce the effects of traffic pollution on Britons’ respiratory health. Asthma affects about five million in the country – including a quarter of 13 to 14-year-olds – at […]

Asthma symptoms: TREES could help to reduce DEADLY attacks in polluted cities

The most polluted urban areas in the UK had less hospital visits for asthma attacks when there were lots of trees in their neighbourhood, according to a University of Exeter study. Respiratory health could be improved by planting more trees in the most polluted parts of the country, the researchers said. Planting just three extra […]

Prison Break Recap: The Apples Don't Fall Far From the Trees

With its penultimate episode, Fox’s Prison Break revival tended to a bit of housekeeping (Where is Sofia?), returned Michael and Linc to the States, sent Whip on a surprising journey and in its final moments sprung a deadly trap. RELATEDPrison Break ‘Definitely’ Could Continue On, Says Fox Boss After the fellas hitch a ride from the […]

Sorry, you can’t plant enough trees to offset fossil fuels

Ever planted a tree to feel better about your environmental footprint? It’s a good idea, but it might not have as much of an effect as you’d hope. A simulation-based study has determined that it would be utterly unrealistic to plant enough trees to offset humanity’s CO2 emissions as they are — the plantations would […]

Trees, Cliffs, And Steep Descents Abound In Lonely Mountains: Downhill

There was a time when off-road and unorthodox sports games were quite common, from BMX and dirt biking to wakeboarding. So in some ways, the dirt tracks and cliffside paths of Lonely Mountains: Downhill seem like a product of a time capsule from a past era, focused on intense downhill bicycling, a stylish low-poly aesthetic, […]

Monster cyclone rips off roofs & trees, forces mass evacuations in Australia (VIDEOS)

Published time: 28 Mar, 2017 04:33 Thousands of people have been evacuated as a monster category four cyclone smashed into the coast of Australia, with winds over 260 kilometers per hour (160 mph) ripping off roofs and uprooting trees in Queensland. The 50-kilometer-wide eye of Cyclone Debbie struck along the north Queensland coastline; starting with […]

Cell phones in Amazon trees alert rangers to illegal logging and record wildlife

A newly funded application which makes use of solar-powered cell phones placed high in jungle canopies now helps park rangers — and regular citizens — join the fight in saving Amazonian rainforests. Dubbed the Rainforest Connection, the app uses phones hidden in trees throughout the jungle to detect sounds associated with illegal logging. When the […]

‘No Africanization here’: Milan’s palm trees burned following right-wing protests (VIDEO & IMAGES)

Published time: 20 Feb, 2017 18:11 A group of recently planted palm trees outside Milan’s Duomo cathedral was set on fire on Sunday, shortly after protests by nationalist movements opposed to the perceived “Africanization” of the area. Security footage from the piazza showed one of the trees on fire during the early hours of Sunday. […]