The fickle, golden magic of the Yosemite " Firefall "
For a few weeks each year, Horsetail Fall at Yosemite national park glows gold just before sunset. They call it the " Firefall. " But it only happens if conditions are perfect. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The fickle, golden magic of the Yosemite " Fire Fall "
For a few weeks each year, Horsetail Fall at Yosemite national park glows gold just before sunset. They call it the " Fire Fall. " But it only happens if conditions are perfect. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hair loss treatment: Horsetail silicon and collagen ingredients could increase hair growth
HAIR loss treatment should always be as natural as possible to help with cost woes and potential side effects. Studies back up one particular herb due to its powerful compounds which could help increase your hair growth. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hair loss treatment: Horsetail extract has been linked to hair growth - what is it?
HAIR loss treatments usually aim to harness the properties of natural products to block hair loss mechanisms. Some scientific studies hint at the promise of horsetail extract to promote hair growth. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Superfood for Mesozoic herbivores? Emerging data on extreme digestibility of equisetum and implications for young, growing herbivorous sauropods
(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) The long-necked, big bodied sauropod dinosaurs comprise some of the largest terrestrial vertebrates to walk the earth. These behemoths were herbivores that survived solely on plant material. There has been long speculation as to what food resources could have supported their size, particularly when young and growing fast. New research being presented at this year's annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology held this year in Brisbane, Australia. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 8, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Severe hyponatremia after drinking horsetail juice - Norris MR.
Grim and colleagues' case report was thought provoking, but the suggested relationship between horsetail and acute hyponatremia seems circumstantial. The adverse event took place 8 hours after the suspected ingestion of wild horsetail and was not identi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 8, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Severe hyponatremia after drinking horsetail juice - Grim CCA.
... We saw remnants of the plant that the patient consumed and were convinced that it was horsetail. Although we do not know the exact amount of horsetail the patient ingested, her husband described it as a full glass of “pure” horsetail juice (that... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 8, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Country diary: field horsetail shoots rise and prepare to swish
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear: This ancient, tenacious plant has already weathered three mass extinctionsEvery April, rocket-shaped, yellow, nine-inch reproductive shoots offield horsetail (Equisetum arvense), tipped with small cones, erupt through this patch of waste ground beside Mill Road car park on the bank of the river Tyne. They ’ll soon wither, after they’ve released their payload of spores. Then forests of green, corrugated stems and whorls of thread-like leaves, shaped like miniature Christmas trees, will rise from their creeping underground stems.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 3, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Phil Gates Tags: Plants North of England Evolution Environment UK news Science Spring Climate change Biology Source Type: news
Severe hyponatremia after drinking horsetail juice - Grim CCA, Meynaar IA, Hammer S, Soonawala D.
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Source: SafetyLit - May 31, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Yosemite's 'Firefall' Is Even Larger Thanks To Raging Rain
Every year in February, Yosemite National Park’s Horsetail Falls in California pours out a fiery blood-orange for two weeks in a natural wonder that has come to be known as the Firefall.
And its glittering effects are even more brilliant this year, thanks to the increased rain and snow in the state.
“The waterfall is bigger than it has been in a long time due to all the rain and snow we have received,” National Park Service spokesman Scott Gediman told CNN.
In fact, Northern California saw this month 228 percent more than its normal rainfall for this time of the year, according to The Washingto...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 16, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Why You Should See The Yosemite Firefall In Real Life
Sometimes, nature puts on a show you have to see to believe. Such is the case with the Yosemite firefall. Every year for about two weeks in late February, it's possible to watch one of the national park's most famous waterfalls blaze orange-red like a gushing stream of hot lava: A photo posted by National Park Geek™ (@nationalparkgeek) on Feb 18, 2016 at 1:09pm PST This is cool! Yosemite's Firefall in full flow! https://t.co/3e1oBkGrB8 pic.twitter.com/aif8t3iDEb— Gripped Climbing (@GrippedMagazine) February 19, 2016 Of course, the firefall isn't fire at all, but an optical illusion...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 19, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
