Scientists Have Found Trees 'Sleep' At Night Too
- 8 years ago
Do trees sleep at night? A team of Europe-based researchers has investigated this question and concluded in a paper that the trees they studied have what appear to be an equivalent nighttime routine.
Do trees sleep at night?
A team of Europe-based researchers has investigated this question and concluded in a paper that the trees they studied have what appear to be an equivalent nighttime routine.
For the experiment, they took numerous scans from two silver birch trees--one in Austria and the other in Finland--during the hours between sunset and sunrise; all outside conditions were similar including a lack of wind.
After analyzing the images, scientists found that, about two hours after the sun went down, the branches would extended downward as far as 4 inches, and they would
Do trees sleep at night?
A team of Europe-based researchers has investigated this question and concluded in a paper that the trees they studied have what appear to be an equivalent nighttime routine.
For the experiment, they took numerous scans from two silver birch trees--one in Austria and the other in Finland--during the hours between sunset and sunrise; all outside conditions were similar including a lack of wind.
After analyzing the images, scientists found that, about two hours after the sun went down, the branches would extended downward as far as 4 inches, and they would