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Which was of course God's Law - specifically Deut. 20:19-20 , Matt 5:17-20 : their human-food producing quality: incl Oxygen - contained in the Pentateuch/ Torah (Deuteronomy being the 5th Book of The Torah/ Law).
Those who are responsible for destroying these beautiful life giving trees will someday day be prosecuted under God's Law.
Chemically nucleated “snow” events are wreaking havoc on forests, ecosystems and human infrastructure. Chemical ice nucleation cloud seeding processes are a primary component of the ongoing and expanding global climate engineering operations. The numerous forms of frozen material have characteristics that are very different from anything a naturally occurring weather scenario would yield. Artificially nucleated “snow” is often 15 to 20 degrees colder than the surrounding air temperatures which can and often do cause this material to stick to whatever it comes in contact with. Further, climate engineered chemical cloud seeding cool-downs are commonly commenced at atmospheric temperatures far above the point where natural ice nucleation would take place. The warmer air temperatures mean that the atmosphere is carrying more overall moisture which produces a heavy wet “snow”. The combination of factors mentioned, when combined with already weakened forests, is disastrous. The short video below provides a shocking example of the utter devastation the weather makers are inflicting on our last remaining forests with chemical ice nucleation engineered winter weather events.
Study suggests Earth could have as many as 73,000 tree species, with 9,200 still undiscovered
According to a first-of-its-kind study conducted by the Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative (GFBI), Earth could have as many as 73,000 tree species, with 9,200 species yet to be discovered.
The study findings were published in the journal PNAS.
Researchers reported that many of these undiscovered species could be “rare, in very low numbers and at threat from human-driven changes in land use and climate.”
The study suggests that South America should be the focus of conservation efforts, together with other global tropical and subtropical forests, which might also be home to many rare and undiscovered species.
The study involved a three-year international project and a collaboration of almost 150 scientists who successfully identified an estimated 40 million trees belonging to 64,000 species.
Knowledge is key to preserving ecosystems
Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, a professor at the University of Bologna in Italy and the study’s lead author, explained that having extensive knowledge of “tree richness and diversity” is essential to protecting the “stability and functionality of ecosystems.”
Prior to the study, existing data on wide areas of the planet was rather limited and based on field-observation and lists of species from different areas. Cazzolla Gatti added that these limitations were “detrimental to a global perspective” on the matter.
The study was conducted at the GFBI, where researchers created complex statistical analyses using artificial intelligence (AI) and the supercomputer of the Forest Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of Purdue University in Indiana.
After these analyses and calculations were completed, the research team predicted that Earth has at least 73,300 tree species, or 14 percent more than what was currently known. The global dataset is the largest known to date, reported the researchers.
They added that it currently includes over 38 million trees that can be found in at least 90 countries and 100 territories.
Professor Jingjing Liang, a co-author of the paper, said that the research team combined individual datasets. Shedding light on the process, Liang explained that the datasets were gathered by people “going out to a forest stand and measuring every single tree” and collated into a “massive global dataset of tree-level data.”
Liang added that counting the number of tree species worldwide is like working on a puzzle with pieces spreading across the globe. By working as a team, the GFBI was able to solve the fascinating global puzzle. (Related: IPBES report: Billions of people depend on wild species for survival.)
To illustrate, South America is home to at least 43 percent of the planet’s tree species and the highest number of rare species. Liang warned that in time, these undiscovered tree species could be lost to extinction before they are found.
The study findings also revealed that there are still 9,000 unknown species that could be in the two biomes composed of “grasslands, savannas and shrublands” and “tropical and subtropical forests” of the Amazon and the Andes.
Data showed that at least 3,000 of those species are rare and endemic on the continent. The species also populate tropical and sub-tropical areas.
Cazzolla Gatti said that for experts to get a reliable estimate of biodiversity, it’s important to pay attention to the number of rare species that are currently known.
While many of the tree species are very common and numerous, there are a handful that are rare.
Peter B. Reich, a professor at theUniversity of Minnesota and a study co-author, advised that the study results highlight the vulnerability of global forest biodiversity to anthropogenic changes – especially land use and climate, because the survival of rare taxa is often threatened by these factors.
These stunning pictures, which look like a glorious late evening sky with dashes of pink and purple, are actually photos of Japan’s largest wisteria (or wistaria, depending on whom you ask) plant.
This beautiful plant, located in Ashikaga Flower Park in Japan, is certainly not the largest in the world, but it still comes in at an impressive 1,990 square meters (or half an acre) and dates back to around 1870 (the largest, at about 4,000 square meters, is the wisteria vine in Sierra Madre, California). Although these plants can look like trees, they’re actually flowering vines. Because its vines have the potential to get very heavy, this old plant’s entire structure is held up on steel supports, allowing visitors to walk below its canopy and bask in the pink and purple light cast by its beautiful blossoms.
Now scroll down below to check these impressively beautiful vines for yourself!
How do I love thee, old tree? Let me count the ways; you change carbon dioxide into the oxygen we breathe, you sequester carbon, and you provide shelter for countless critters. There are many reasons for which we should all be tree-hugging hippies, but within the scope of this article, all we’ll focus on are the looks of these amazing pretty trees.
Granted, not all of these amazing, beautiful trees are trees (the Wisteria is a vine, Rhododendrons are shrubs, and bamboo technically belongs to the grass family), but we’ll give them a pass because they are amazing, huge and beautiful. So once you step outside and take a breath of fresh air, absorb the beauty of nature, and hug the nearest amazing tree and say thank you!
Scroll through our stunning picture list of these cool trees, that are also a vital part of our beautiful nature and, essentially, us.
125+ Year Old Rhododendron “Tree” In Canada
This huge 125-year-old rhododendron is technically not a tree – most are considered to be shrubs. You can find out more about it here. (Image credits: reddit)
At 1,990 square meters (about half an acre), this huge wisteria is the largest of its kind in Japan. Read more about it here. (Image credits: y-fu)
Wind-Swept Trees In New Zealand
These trees on Slope Point, the southern tip of New Zealand, grow at an angle because they’re constantly buffeted by extreme antarctic winds. Find out more here. (Image credits: Seabird Nz)
The antarctic beech is native to Chile and Argentina, though this specimen is from the U.S.’ North Pacific region. (Image credits: Drew Hopper)
Blooming Cherry Trees in Bonn, Germany
This beautiful tunnel of cherry blossoms blooms in Bonn, Germany in April. To see more tunnels like this one, click here. (Image credits: Adas Meliauskas)
Angel Oak In John’s Island In South Carolina
The Angel Oak in South Carolina stands 66.5 ft (20 m) tall and is estimated to be more than 1400 or 1500 years old. (Image credits: Daniela Duncan)
Flamboyant Tree, Brazil
The flamboyant tree is endemic to Madagascar, but it grows in tropical areas around the world. (Image credits: Salete T Silva)
Dragonblood Trees, Yemen
The dragonblood tree earned its fearsome name due to its crimson red sap, which is used as a dye and was used as a violin varnish, an alchemical ignredient, and a folk remedy for various ailments. (Image credits: Csilla Zelko)
The President, Third-Largest Giant Sequoia Tree In The World, California
President, located in Sequoia National Park in California, stands 241 ft (73m) tall and has a ground circumference of 93 ft (28m). It is the third largest giant sequoia in the world (second if you count its branches in addition to its trunk). (Image credits: Michael Nichols)
The rainbow eucalyptus, which grows throughout the South Pacific, is both useful and beautiful. It is prized for both the colorful patches left by its shedding bark and for its pulpwood, which is used to make paper. (Image credits: Christopher Martin)
Jacarandas in Cullinan, South Africa
These beautiful Jacarandas, with their violet flowers, grow in South Africa. (Image credits: Elizabeth Kendall)
Avenue Of Oaks At Dixie Plantation In South Carolina
This avenue of oak trees was planted some time in the 1790s on Dixie Plantation in South Carolina. (Image credits: Lee Sosby)
Baobab Trees In Madagascar
These baobabs in Madagascar are excellent at storing water in their thick trunks to use during droughts. (Image credits: confitalsurf)
Ireland’s Dark Hedges were planted in the 18th century. This stunning beech tree tunnel was featured on Game of Thrones as well. Read more about it here. (Image credits: Christopher Tait)
Nature in as a whole tends to be a profoundly beautiful thing, but there are few things more magical than finding yourself under a canopy of trees in a tree tunnel on some warm summer evening. Whether they’re formed naturally, accidentally, or with a little help from some patient and talented gardeners, these tree tunnels are sure to enchant anyone lucky enough to walk below their verdant boughs.
The beautiful forms of many of these tree tunnels and the ways in which we’ve copied them goes to show just how much we’ve borrowed from nature. I’m sure that magical spaces like these inspired more than one historical architect to design the gorgeous vaulted ceiling of a gothic cathedral or the arches of some other grand structure. Many ancient societies considered trees to be sacred and maintained holy groves of old trees, and with places this beautiful, it’s not hard to understand why.
Despite how slowly trees grow, they are remarkably receptive to various methods of altering their growth. With strong, persistent and very patient force, trees can be sculpted into a variety of forms. Some of these tree tunnels have been formed and sculpted by careful gardeners to ensure that they conform with their urban surroundings.
A few of the tree tunnels are happy coincidences. The Tunnel of Love in Ukraine, a popular photo spot for married couples, is also part of an operational railway system. The married couples have to schedule their photoshoots behind the times when freight trains are scheduled to pass through. Even unintentionally, these tree tunnels can work their magic on us.
The Whistler Tree in Portugal is the world's oldest, largest cork tree. Cork comes from a single species of oak trees. Learn about this famous cork tree!
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the "I AM" with all thine heart; and depend not on thine own understanding.
3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.
3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the "I AM", and depart from evil (the Devil).Proverbs
A bird's-eye view.
The higher up the ladder one goes the more one can see.
TWHOFTF 12:53 The higher you climb, the tougher it becomes, and, consequently, the more points you can gain, or EARN, by winning. Be grateful, that you have been given a difficult test, and the chance to earn a greater reward. Find the ladders to heaven, and climb them, but, BEWARE of the snakes (serpents/Satan), and their downfalls. “Snakes and Ladders” (game for children) is another “clue”, that God has sent for you, in your childhood. https://thewayhomeorfacethefire.net
Seized red sandalwood logs are stacked outside a police station in Tirupati, India. Shashank Bengali / Los Angeles Times
Thousands of tons of red sandalwood logs have been spirited illegally out of the vast, rolling jungles of southern India in recent years, feeding a global trafficking network stretching from the Persian Gulf to China, its most common destination, where the wood is prized for its beauty and believed to possess medicinal qualities, including as an aphrodisiac.
Chinese demand has decimated the population of red sandalwood trees in India, their only natural habitat. In 2016, a decorative folding screen fashioned from red sandalwood sold at an auction in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing for a record price of $23 million.
Nearly 3,000 miles away, impoverished Indian laborers steal in and out of the dense Seshachalam Hills to chop down the trees for local smuggling bosses. They saw the trunks into logs weighing as much as 65 pounds and carry them out of the forest, earning about $3 per pound.
The illicit trade has placed some of the most marginalized Indians in the crosshairs of police and forest officers, provoking nighttime encounters that have sometimes turned deadly. Dozens of villagers and at least six law enforcement agents have been killed since 2012. Thousands of low-level traffickers have been arrested, many languishing for years in dank, crowded jails.
Human rights groups accuse the police of using excessive force against unarmed men and targeting indigenous tribal communities in their zeal to stop the smuggling.
In the last five years, around £33 million has been invested through the Fund into over 180 timber transport projects, helping over 47 million tonnes of timber get to market.
Deut 20:19 … thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt NOT cut them down to employ [them] in the siege (nor for market-economics)(for the tree of the field [is] man’s [life] Oxygen) https://jahtruth.net/nsong.htm
