For us humans, the sun of sun are an extraordinary show, which fascinates millions of people and pushes us to organize ourselves in every way to enjoy it. For the rest of the living beings, however, an eclipse is a frightening eventwhich has a remarkable impact on their behavior and reactions to an unusual situation (the total absence of sunlight, even if for a few minutes).
For this reason, over the years we have studied for a long time Animal reactions to eclipses; However, we lack data relating to the plants, whose response to these events has long been unknown to us. Now, thanks to a study published on Royal Society Open Sciencewe know something more: The plants communicate with each other before an eclipse, “synchronizing”.
Discovering the fir trees of Paneveggio. The study is a “national pride”, given that it was conducted in the Dolomites, in particular in Paneveggio, In Val di Fiemmeprovince of Trento. The subjects studied are The red fir trees who live in the valley, which have been monitored as part of a wider project called Cyberforest Experiment, which uses very advanced analytical methods to measure The bioelectric activity of the trees.
Activities that is always present, but which, in the hours preceding an eclipse, “behaves” in a strange way. Without going into the details of the measurements, which also provide for the use of the quantum theory of the fields, what the team observed is that The red fir trees synchronize their bioelectric signalsa type of communication that does not provide exchange of matter but a collective and coordinated change in electrical activity, in fact.
The experience matters. An interesting detail of this synchronization is that starts from older treesthe first to modify their electrical signals and kick off the change in the rest of the forest. This is because they are trees that have already experienced an eclipse in the past and so to speak, they know how to behave, “guiding” younger specimens.
As for the consequences of this synchronization, further studies will be needed to identify them: it is certain that they are dealing with one physiological response to a situation that is emergency for plantssince they find themselves suddenly without their main energy source. In addition to the publication of the study, the team also presented its results in a documentary, The Bosco Codereleased in theaters on May 5 and of which you can see the trailer below.
