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Trees' Leaves Grow At a Cool 70° All Over the World
biogeochick writes "Ever turn on the air conditioner on a hot day? How about a heater when it gets cold? OK, so we all know that humans act to keep themselves cool, but what about trees? A recent article on tree core isotopic evidence has shown that trees from tropical to boreal forests all grow at 70 degrees. The study, published in Nature by some fantastic researchers (so one of them is my adviser, so sue me) and covered by NPR on All Things Considered, has shed some light on the convergent temperature at which trees perform photosynthesis." Update: 06/19 21:31 GMT by T : I give, I give -- that's 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
That's insane, that's so hot we'd burn our fingers if we touched the trees?!
That's 294.15K for anyone who has (somewhat at least) overcome an infantile obsession with water.
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Celsius is based on water temperature, and Fahrenheit is based on alcohol temperature. Ergo, Fahrenheit is WAY better than Celsius. QED.
But seriously, when did Fahrenheit stop working?
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"
- Charles Darwin
Considering how much of my body happens to be water, I don't consider it an infantile obsession. Some people have an infantile obsession with making water, but that's something different.
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The green is reflected. Red and blue are absorbed. Why plants are green
And in somewhat less than 10 comments, this has become a pee thread.
/sigh
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... when placed into moist locations. Give me five!
Ok, no good comes from watching Scrubs.
I believe he is referring to the fact that alcohol was used, in large quantities, by the researchers while coming up with the system. In that regard it is heavily based on alcohol, and Cheetos too if memory serves, but there is again no Wiki reference.
My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!
That green slime had it coming.
And it's 1.22 radians, for anyone who thought "a cool 70 degrees" meant a rakish angle.
Don't use that M-word around trees. They'll get very nervous hearing that!
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African or European?
"Opinion is divided on the subject - I say it is; everyone else says it isn't."
(OK, not everyone, Burma and Libya are still holding out as well)
[ ]Half Empty [ ]Half Full [x]Twice as big as it needs to be
ha, even my truck gets 400,000 rods to the hogshead.
Actually that's the unit used car dealers should use.
"Oh you definitely want this new hummer, it gets 262,080 rods per hogshead."
ok, now i'm going home, i just wasted 5 minutes converting mpg's to rph's for no reason what-so-ever.
I grow pot professionally. I know these things. And so does the parent poster.
...Celsius has been the standard for science and, well, everywhere except the US, for a long time...You forgot ... Belize!
"Hannibal's plans never work right. They just work." Amy/A-Team
Serves the rest of the world for ignoring furlongs per fortnight.
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It's all fun and game until one loses the probe because you can't agree what unit to use.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
⦠and for the record there are virtually no trees at 70 dregrees, north or south, doing much of anything whatsoever!
It's just the transition time is taking a bit longer than expected.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
Celsius used in science. News at 11. Also, a special report on the water falling problem: Is the sky leaking or is God crying?
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
I use leaves you insensitive clod!
:D)
(Hey, this joke is actually on-topic!
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We use the metric system in the US, sometimes.
I for one, welcome our new 70 degree rotated, 70 degrees temperature, 70 degrees educated, located somewhere between 70 degrees east and 6 degrees from kevin bacon *, tree overlords.
* theres bound to be a tree somewhere in that movie...
May contain traces of nut.
Made from the freshest electrons.
In 451.
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