Forests "Talk" Before a Solar Eclipse: Study Reveals Mysterious Electrical Communication

[erronis]

https://scitechdaily.com/forests-talk-before-a-solar-eclipse-study-reveals-mysterious-electrical-communication/

Spruce trees can sense and prepare for solar eclipses, aligning their bioelectric activity like a symphony. Older trees appear to lead the process, acting as wise sentinels of the forest. Credit: SciTechDaily.com

Spruce trees don’t just react to solar eclipses—they anticipate them, synchronizing their bioelectrical signals hours in advance in a display of forest-wide coordination.

This discovery reveals a level of intelligence and communication in trees that rivals animal behavior. Remarkably, older trees lead the charge, hinting at environmental memory being passed down through the forest.

Trees That Predict the Sky

A groundbreaking international study has found that spruce trees not only respond to a solar eclipse but also anticipate it by synchronizing their bioelectrical signals hours in advance, creating a coordinated response across the forest.

Published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the study shows that older trees display a stronger early reaction, suggesting they hold decades of environmental memory and may play a role in signaling younger trees about upcoming events.

These findings add to growing evidence that plants are active, communicative members of their ecosystems, capable of complex and coordinated behaviors similar to those observed in animal groups.

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[gay texan]

1. Wow!!!! N/t

[LuvLoogie]

2. The planet, without humans, would heal.

I am afraid that we will never choose to live in harmony with the Earth. We snuff out anything that would impede the greed.

[Ponietz]

3. Astounding book: The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in the woodland and the amazing scientific processes behind the wonders of which we are blissfully unaware. Much like human families, tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, and support them as they grow, sharing nutrients with those who are sick or struggling and creating an ecosystem that mitigates the impact of extremes of heat and cold for the whole group. As a result of such interactions, trees in a family or community are protected and can live to be very old. In contrast, solitary trees, like street kids, have a tough time of it and in most cases die much earlier than those in a group.

Drawing on groundbreaking new discoveries, Wohlleben presents the science behind the secret and previously unknown life of trees and their communication abilities; he describes how these discoveries have informed his own practices in the forest around him. As he says, a happy forest is a healthy forest, and he believes that eco-friendly practices not only are economically sustainable but also benefit the health of our planet and the mental and physical health of all who live on Earth.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28256439-the-hidden-life-of-trees]

“Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.”
― Czeslaw Milosz

[erronis]

4. I read that book and thoroughly enjoyed it. Along with

The Overstory - Richard Powers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Overstory

The Entangled Life - Merlin Sheldrake - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/aug/23/the-future-is-fungal-why-the-megascience-of-mycology-is-on-the-rise

And, of course, Finding the Mother Tree - Susan Simard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_the_Mother_Tree