It's Friday: Here's Your Week in Trees
July 22, 2011 at 2:00 pm by Amanda Cooke
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More than 7.5 billion ash trees are currently at risk of vanishing from the United States. The species has now been named 17th on a list of top things vanishing from America. (WalletPop) - On a similar note, are you wondering what these hanging purple boxes are for? (PotomacLocal.com)
- Looking to build green? Think wood. If builders use more sustainably harvested wooden structures, the amount of carbon locked up in construction materials could be quadrupled within the next century. (Discovery News)
- While Nelson Mandela quietly celebrated his 93rd birthday, his grandson traveled to the Nobel Peace Prize-winner's birth village to attend a community tree-planting. (The Times of South Africa)
- The Moringa tree has been recruited in the fight against malnutrition in Matam, Senegal. (Counterpart International)
- From the archives, unearthed this week: In this list of the world's 10 oldest living trees, I spy some good celebrity-esque baby names (Methuselah, anyone?). (Mother Nature Network)
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