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‘A living collective’: study shows trees synchronise electrical signals during a solar eclipse
The Conversation
30/04/2025
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Abstract
Earth’s cycles of light and dark profoundly affect billions of organisms. Events such as solar eclipses are known to bring about marked shifts in animals, but do they have the same effect on plants?
During a solar eclipse in a forest in Italy’s Dolomites region, scientists seized the chance to explore that fascinating question.
Details
- Title
- ‘A living collective’: study shows trees synchronise electrical signals during a solar eclipse
- Creators
- Monica Gagliano - Southern Cross UniversityPrudence Gibson - University of New South Wales
- Publication Details
- The Conversation
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group Ltd
- Grant note
- Monica Gagliano received funding for this research from the Templeton World Charity Foundation.
- Identifiers
- 991013279210602368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Magazine article