Orange Peel Aerial (IMAGE)

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Orange Peel Aerial

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A research team led by Princeton University surveyed a 3-hectare area that had been covered in orange peels in the 1990s. They found a 176 percent increase in aboveground biomass -- or the wood in the trees, publishing their results in the journal Restoration Ecology.

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Photo courtesy of Tim Treuer

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