Embolism

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Synopsis: 5. medicine & health: 1. diseases: Diseases: Cardiovascular diseases: Embolism:

The more easily such embolisms form the more sensitive trees are to drought. Despite being enshrouded in mist all the time the trees

and potentially dryer elevations didn't form embolisms easily and so tended to be more drought-resistant than similar trees in other ecosystems.

For some plants these embolisms are deadly as with human blood vessels because the gas bubbles block the flow of water.

or even an hourly basis. These cycles of embolism formation and refilling are just something that happens every single day.

He'll give the embolism detector to high school students at the North carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham.

In the arid Southwest Johnson was surprised to find that the plants considered the most drought-tolerant such as junipers did worst at repairing embolisms.

and they repair whatever embolisms occur the next spring when there's more water. Johnson predicts that in future severe droughts the plants that have a harder time repairing embolisms are more likely to die.

It's the plants that can repair embolisms that are going to survive he said. Gallery:

Plants in Danger Living in drought-stricken Australia Gagliano is excited also by the possibility of decoding drought signals.

while also helping to prevent embolisms--the spread of air pockets in the tree. In wood fallen to the forest floor it controls the rate that fungi advance through the wood cells to cause decay

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