The world loses an area of forest the size of a soccer field every single second.

Some trees can communicate with each other using underground fungal networks.

Fact #1954 · Nature

Tsunamis can travel across entire ocean basins.

Fact #830 · Nature

The tallest tree in the world, Hyperion (a coast redwood), stands 115.9 meters tall in California.

Fact #6428 · Nature

Lightning strikes Earth about 100 times every second.

Fact #2445 · Nature

Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall at 979 meters.

Fact #4273 · Nature

Lightning strikes Earth about 100 times per second — producing 44 billion bolts per year.

Fact #7395 · Nature

Restoring wetlands sequesters carbon 55 times faster per hectare than planting tropical forests.

Fact #7110 · Nature

Some plants can survive long periods of drought.

Fact #339 · Nature