mastodon.world is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Generic Mastodon server for anyone to use.

Server stats:

9.4K
active users

#coconuts

0 posts0 participants0 posts today

Africa: How Do Coconuts Get Their Water?: [The Conversation Africa] Coconut trees are iconic plants found across the world's tropical regions. They're called "nature's supermarket" or the "tree of life" in several cultures because every part of the coconut tree is used. Its leaves can be used to thatch homes, its heart can be eaten and its roots have medicinal uses. newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJvB #Coconuts #TropicalPlants #Nature #Sustainability #CoconutWater

A very nice interview with a scientist who's mapped the ecological impacts of past coconut plantations on Pacific atolls: hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conv

It was fascinating to learn the different ecosystem effects depending on whether an atoll had random coconuts washing ashore and taking root, vs indigenous residents bringing coconuts when settling the area, vs coconut plantations that clearcut large areas of forest to plant a monocrop.

HAWAII · New study looks at the impact of coconut plantations across Pacific atollsBy Maddie Bender