New research suggests trees can communicate around solar eclipses

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An team of scientists has conducted research into the specific ways birch trees in the Costa Bocche forest in the Dolomites mountain range use bioelectrical signals to prepare for solar eclipses. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Alessandro Chiolerio, lead author the study, about how this research was conducted and what it tells us about tree communication.

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