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A tree down on the Trans-Canada Highway near West Shore Parkway is causing traffic back ups. (Google Maps) UPDATED: Tree cleared from Trans-Canada Highway near West Shore Parkway Fallen tree snarled northbound traffic on Highway 1 Crews have cleared a tree that fell on the Trans-Canada …

Image copyright Getty Images We now have yet another green battleground in this election campaign: trees. After claim and counter claim about everything from a ban on fracking to improving flood defences to reducing carbon emissions, there’s a flurry about forests. The Conservatives say they’ll plant at least 30 million more trees every year, a …

Image copyright Toby Pennington Image caption The inga tree’s versatility means that it warrants its label as a “miracle tree” Trees that help keep soils fertile could slow or stop deforestation in Brazil’s “arc of destruction”. A project using inga trees hopes to show smallholders that they can earn a decent living from the land. …

JOSHUA TREE (CBSLA) — Would you be able to completely unplug for the weekend? A company called SatelliteInternet.com is giving away $1,000 and a trip for two to Joshua Tree National Park but only to those who agree to disconnect from their tech devices for the weekend. Studies show that Americans spend upwards of 11 …

A 40-year-old woman who allegedly blew more than five times the legal alcohol limit has crashed into a tree in Adelaide’s east. She hit the tree with her Nissan Pulsar just before 9.45pm on Wattle St in Fullarton. FOLLOW ALL THE MORNING’S BREAKING NEWS BELOW media_cameraAn allegedly drunk driver has crashed into a tree in …

This story has been updated to add more details about the break. NORTHAMPTON – A water main break caused a large tree to sink about eight feet into a hole, hitting a house and power lines as it dropped. The water main break was reported at about 7:45 a.m. on Winter Street. The road is …

(Updated at 2:30 p.m.) Firefighters and police are on scene of a large tree limb that fell, injuring a woman along the 2600 block of S. Walter Reed Drive. The incident happened shortly before 2 p.m. Initial reports suggest a portion of a tree fell and landed on an elderly woman, who was knocked unconscious …

The “bubble-tip”sea anemone Entacmaea quadricolor. Credit: © B. Titus. Thanks in part to the popular film Finding Nemo, clownfishes are well known to the public and well represented in scientific literature. But the same can’t be said for the equally colorful sea anemones–venomous, tentacled animals–that protect clownfishes and that the fish nourish and protect in …