The Biosphere 2 project was created as a research tool for scientists to study Earth’s living systems, and it allowed scientists to play with farming and innovation in a way that didn’t harm the planet. One of the most profound discoveries made by the scientists had nothing to do with a cure for some new disease or a new way of farming land. Rather, the discovery had to do with the wind’s role in a tree’s life. The trees inside Biosphere 2 grew rapidly, more rapidly than they did outside of the dome, but they also fell over before reaching maturation.
After looking at the root systems and outer layers of bark, the scientists came to realize that a lack of wind in Biosphere 2 caused a deficiency of stress wood. Stress wood helps a tree position itself for optimal sun absorption and it also helps trees grow more solidly. Without stress wood, a tree can grow quickly, but it cannot support itself fully. It cannot withstand normal wear and tear, and survive. In other words, the trees needed some stress in order to thrive in the long run.
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the God Khnum, ram-headed and holding the ‘Uas’-scepter.
Relief from the Temple of King Thutmose III at Kumma Fort (Semna East, about 365 kilometres south of Aswan). Now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston…
This little beaver-looking guy managed to survive the vaporizing asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs. Send your “thank you” letters immediately.
“That sign on the pavilion distinctly says that bathers must wear one-piece suits only!” by Dan DeCarlo
Yesterday’s work outfit for new comics receiving: DC Superhero Girls Wonder Woman glitter tee, thrifted Mossimo denim capris, rainbow star kneesox, Converse One Stars sneaks, thrifted Bill Blass quilted red satin bomber jacket. #ootd #fafafafafashionbeepbeep #everydayfashion #cheapasschic #thriftscore #allmyclothesfromthekidssection #billblass #redsatin #quiltedbomberjacket #capripantsforever #mossimo #dcsuperherogirls #wonderwoman #glitter #stars #kneesocks #converseonestar #sneakers #punkrockgirl #over45style #mystyle
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President Donald Trump once again unleashed what’s become his presidential hallmark: a bizarre, winding, threatening press conference, this time following his White House meeting with Democratic leaders Friday to try to break the impasse causing the government shutdown.
In a long, meandering briefing in the Rose Garden, Trump told reporters the partial shutdown now heading into its third week could go on for months, even years, if Democrats don’t give him the $5.6 billion he’s demanding to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. The Democrats have steadfastly refused. The shutdown has affected some 800,000 federal workers — 420,000 of them forced to work without pay — since Dec. 22.
“This is national security we’re talking about,” Trump said. “We’re not talking about games.“
When asked if there was any “safety net” for workers going without pay as the shutdown continues, Trump responded: “The safety net is going to be having a strong border.”
Trump also floated another way he could get his wall: declaring a state of national emergency over border security to build it without congressional approval.
“I could do it if I wanted,” Trump said.
If y’all are curious as to why I get so militant about the politics well it may or may not have something to do with the fact that the president of America is a wild man who believes things he himself made up and who talks about dissolving his own government and installing himself as a dictator as if it ain’t no big deal.
“I could do it if I wanted” indeed. Those words probably gonna haunt my dreams tonight ngl
The safety net for furloughed employees is a strong border? Is Mexico going to pay their wages like they’re going to pay for the wall?
Those employees include hospital staff, emergency services, and other staff of critical support structures. This is going to kill people, if it hasn’t already.
Impeach the bastard.
