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Fallen red oak blocks road at Harvard Forest
Original: If a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound? I bet this one made a sound.
A two-foot diameter red oak fell across Pierce Road in Harvard Forest, Massachusetts, prompting the Woods Crew to chainsaw it up and clear it from the road. The writer quipped that unlike the classic philosophical riddle about unheard falling trees, this one certainly made a noise, drawing amused engagement from fellow ecologists.
Why now: The witty twist on a famous philosophy riddle applied to a real fallen tree resonated with nature and science readers.
Harvard ForestPierce Roadred oak
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- If a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound? I bet this one made a sound. A two-foot diameter Red Oak fell across Pierce Road in Harvard Forest. It had to be chainsawed up and moved off of the road by the Woods Crew. I normally… · richard_a_lent@ecoevo.social · 22
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