Protecting California's mysterious 'ghost trees'

Protecting California's mysterious 'ghost trees' 

"Redwoods are a treasure of the Earth." 10/15/18 The Keeper of the Ghost Trees Hidden deep in the woods of the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park is a small cluster of unusually pale, phantom trees. These "ghost trees" are albino and extremely rare. Out of the millions of redwoods in the park, only 13 are albino. Due to threats to their ecosystem, only a select few people know of the trees' exact locations. Dave Kuty is one of them.  Reinventing the Bicycle Wheel Since the Stone Age, the wheel has helped spearhead our most important discoveries and changed transportation forever. But all in all, its functionality has remained much the same. That is until Mike Burtov decided to reinvent the wheel (quite literally). While watching the movie Tron, Burtov was inspired to create the GeoOrbital wheel, an electric, environmentally friendly product that has now been installed in thousands of bikes all over the world. This Great Big Story was made possible by Shell. Got a Pest Problem? Call the Quack Squad They're short, they waddle, and they're coming to eat the snails. Meet the quack squad, nature's very own pest control. Every morning, duck farmer Denzel Metthys releases over 1,000 Indian Runner ducks on the Vergenoegd Winery in South Africa. Trained to march in a long line en route to the vineyard, these ducks mean business. View this email in your browser.  Copyright © 2018 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved.You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list