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This tropical tree species has evolved to benefit from lightning strikes
Lightning strikes may kill hundreds of millions of trees every year, but one tropical tree has evolved to benefit from the ...
Peru's ancient irrigation systems turned deserts into farms because of the culture. Without it, the systems failed
Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it's one of the driest deserts in the ...
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Trees Store The Memory Of Reckless Gold Mining In The Peruvian Amazon Rainforest
G old mining is putting an immense strain on the Amazon rainforest, but the trees might have a secret weapon up their bark.
Peru’s ancient irrigation systems turned deserts into farms because of the culture − without it, the systems failed
Parts of the region receive less than an inch of rain in an entire year. Yet, water and greenery are everywhere. This is the nation’s agro-industrial heartland, and, thanks to irrigation canals, ...
Peru’s ancient irrigation systems succeeded in turning deserts into farms because of the culture − without it, the systems failed
Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it’s one of the driest deserts in the ...
‘Golden’-eyed creature with ‘slender’ toes found in Peru forest. It’s a new species
Sunlight filtered through the trees of a rainforest in northern Peru and illuminated an “iridescent” creature. Its “golden” ...