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  2. Fire adaptations - Wikipedia

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    For example, plants of the genus Eucalyptus contain flammable oils that encourage fire and hard sclerophyll leaves to resist heat and drought, ensuring their dominance over less fire-tolerant species. [1] [2] Dense bark, shedding lower branches, and high water content in external structures may also protect trees from rising temperatures. [3 ...

  3. Fire ecology - Wikipedia

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    For example, plants of the genus Eucalyptus contain flammable oils that encourage fire and hard sclerophyll leaves to resist heat and drought, ensuring their dominance over less fire-tolerant species. [17] [18] Dense bark, shedding lower branches, and high water content in external structures may also protect trees from rising temperatures. [19 ...

  4. Tardigrade - Wikipedia

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    Their eggs and resistant life-cycle stages (cysts and tuns) are small and durable enough to enable long-distance transport, whether on the feet of other animals or by the wind. [ 3 ] Individual species have more specialised distributions, many being both regional and limited to a single type of habitat, such as mountains. [ 6 ]

  5. Extreme heat represents a new threat to trees and plants in ...

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    From June 25 to July 2, 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes that took a heavy toll on trees ...

  6. Pyrophyte - Wikipedia

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    For some species of pine, such as Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis), European black pine (Pinus nigra) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), the effects of fire can be antagonistic: if moderate, it helps pine cone bursting, seed dispersion and the cleaning of the underwoods; if intense, it destroys these resinous trees.

  7. Guanaco - Wikipedia

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    Guanacos stand between 1.0 and 1.3 m (3 ft 3 in and 4 ft 3 in) at the shoulder, body length of 2.1 to 2.2 m (6 ft 11 in to 7 ft 3 in), [5] [6] [7] and weigh 90 to 140 kg (200 to 310 lb). [8] Their color varies very little (unlike the domestic llama ), ranging from a light brown to dark cinnamon and shading to white underneath.

  8. Engineering students extinguish a fire with sound waves - AOL

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    N4GM helpfully puts all that into layman's terms, writing: "The fire has a triangle of needs: Heat, Fuel and Oxygen. And simply by taking any of these needs away, you can put out the fire.

  9. Animal rescuers care for LA fire evacuees - dogs ... - AOL

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    Animal facilities, veterinarians and rescue organizations have taken in and assisted dogs, horses, donkeys, goats, sheep and other creatures that were displaced by the ongoing fires along with ...