Hear that sound? That's a thirsty tree
Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 12:00
in Physics & Chemistry
By Elizabeth Howell LiveScienceLike a person gasping for air when it's in short supply, living trees make noises when they are running out of water, and a team of French scientists is a step closer to pinpointing the noises.Lab experiments at Grenoble University in France have isolated ultrasonic pops, which are 100 times faster than what a human can hear, in slivers of dead pine wood bathed in a ...