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Botanic Garden devastated after Storm Éowyn felled Edinburgh's tallest tree
The 166-year-old Himalayan cedar grew to 100ft tall after being planted in Edinburgh during a visit by Queen Victoria's son, Albert.BBC News - 9h -
Storm Éowyn: Teenager dies after car hit by falling tree
The 19-year-old was driving on the B743 in Mauchline when the accident happened on Friday.BBC News - 1d -
Two men killed by falling trees during Storm Éowyn
Man, 19, died after car struck in Scotland and 20-year-old man killed in Ireland, as Met Office issues further warnings. Two people were killed by falling trees during the record-breaking gusts of ...The Guardian - 1d -
Three teenagers die after car hits tree
The driver and two passengers die at the scene and another passenger is critically injured in hospital.BBC News - 2d -
Man who died after tree fell on car during Storm Éowyn is named
The incident happened on the N14, north of Lifford, near Ballinalecky Cross, early on Friday.BBC News - 2d -
Watch: Trees down and streets flooded as Storm Éowyn brings wild weather
Storm Éowyn brought gusts of up to 114mph (183 km/h) - causing travel disruption and leaving many in the UK and Ireland without power.BBC News - 3d -
Conspiracy-laden, fire-prone icons: what will happen to LA’s palm trees?
Many palm species in the city are receptive to embers, hard to extinguish – and probably helped spread the fires. When the Los Angeles wildfires broke out on the morning of 7 January, some of the ...The Guardian - 4d -
Jason Tindall, king of touchline chaos, has Newcastle barking up right tree
Newcastle are benefitting from Mad Dog’s odd-couple relationship with Eddie Howe and his attention to detail. Name the assistant manager noted for clashing with, among several others, Mikel Arteta, ...The Guardian - Jan. 17 -
Warning of stowaway snakes and tree-frogs hiding in pot plants
Frogs, lizards, snakes and insect pests are being transported across the world on ornamental plants.BBC News - Jan. 17 -
Digested week: Put away the hot wax and don’t eat your Christmas tree | Lucy Mangan
Never trust a hippy selling pine-flavoured butter. Plus, a watch that finally explains it all. The AFSCA (Belgium’s federal agency for ensuring food supply chain safety – but of course you knew ...The Guardian - Jan. 10 -
Mangled trees, charred homes and ashen land: inside a community leveled by the Palisades fire
Where once kids played and a California neighborhood gathered, the land is now devastated by a ferocious fire. In Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood, street after street is laden with ...The Guardian - Jan. 10 -
From palm trees and mansions to beach lifeguard stations: 'Everything was on fire'
Survivors of multiple massive wildfires that simultaneously erupted in Los Angeles County described apocalyptic scenes.ABC News - Jan. 9 -
Belgium’s Food Agency Advises Against Eating Your Christmas Tree
The country’s food agency warned against using evergreens in food after the city of Ghent suggested an unusual form of recycling: spruce needle butter.The New York Times - Jan. 8 -
A tree is just for Christmas, not for dinner, Belgian food agency warns
Message came after northern city of Ghent posted tips for recycling the conifer as a dish. At a time when most people have probably polished off their holiday leftovers, Belgium’s food agency has ...The Guardian - Jan. 7 -
Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans
As people have shaped the natural world, so wildlife – from mahoganies to magpies – has had to evolve to survive. From the highest mountains to the depths of the ocean, humanity’s influence has ...The Guardian - Jan. 6 -
Zoo recycles old Christmas trees - and the animals love it
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in north Somerset has recycled thousands of trees in the past five years.BBC News - Jan. 4 -
It's Christmas for the elephants as unsold trees are fed to the animals at Berlin Zoo
For the elephants and others at the Berlin Zoo, it’s finally time to unwrap their Christmas presentsABC News - Jan. 3 -
Parrots, trees and dragons: test yourself with our quiz on national flag changes
The ‘independence flag’ now flies in parts of Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, but can you identify these other countries that have changed their flags (or not)? Continue reading...The Guardian - Jan. 1