Why English Willow Cricket Bats Are So Expensive

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Why giant oak barrels are key to making some of the world's most expensive wine

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Luxury winemakers producing some of the most expensive wine in the world will pay up to $50,000 for a single barrel to age their wine. But not just any barrel — a foudre. A foudre is a massive wooden vat that impacts and preserves the overall taste of the wine.

Cities Scramble to Find Trees That Will Survive the Century

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New Yorkers planted a tiny forest in a spot where the city used to warehouse prisoners and smallpox patients

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Volunteers begin planting a pocket forest in Roosevelt Island's Southpoint Park on April 6, 2024.
Volunteers begin planting a pocket forest in Roosevelt Island's Southpoint Park on April 6, 2024.

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Droughts killed more than 12 million trees in Mississippi and no one has the money to cut them down

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A power line cutting through a pine forest in rural Mississippi at sunset.
Pine trees line a forest in rural Mississippi where droughts killed more than 12 million pines.

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A teenager was arrested over the chopping down of a beloved 300-year-old tree along Hadrian's Wall

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The ‘Sycamore Gap' tree lying on the ground next to Hadrian's Wall in an aerial photo shared on September 28, 2023, in Northumberland National Park, England.
The ‘Sycamore Gap' tree lying on the ground next to Hadrian's Wall in an aerial photo shared on September 28, 2023, in Northumberland National Park, England.

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Why so many buildings in Singapore are covered in plants

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A view of a residential apartment (L) and Oasia hotel with its facade covered in plants in Singapore on June 19, 2018.
A residential apartment building, left, and the Oasia Hotel with its facade covered in plants in Singapore on June 19, 2018.

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NBCUniversal Gets Weak Fine for Mid-Strike Tree Pruning

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Earlier in the week, NBCUniversal drew controversy when it suddenly up and pruned a bunch of shade trees in front of its lot.

LA officials are investigating NBC Universal for trimming trees that provided shade to striking writers and actors

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A composite image showing, on the left, striking actor Tim Jo holding a sign on a sunny day outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, on July 18, 2023, and right, trimmed ficus trees under bright sunshine outside NBC Universal site in Los Angeles, July 18 2023.
Right: Actor Tim Jo picketing Paramount Studios, LA.
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