Buddhists celebrate Dharma Day the anniversary of Buddha's first sermon after his enlightenment. In this teaching, he shared an important truth: that everything in life is interconnected, which the ...

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Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ensuring that the carbon is kept out of the air for longer ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into ...

It's well-known that trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air to create their structure's organic building blocks. Some trees ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...

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