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Plants could help authorities detect dead human bodies in woodland – wgowam
Plants could help detect human remains in dense forest areas because of the way vegetation behaves around decomposing bodies, researchers hope.In an article published Thursday in the journal Trends in Plant Science, researchers from the University of Tennesse…
Plants could help detect human remains in dense forest areas because of the way vegetation behaves around decomposing bodies, researchers hope.
In an article published Thursday in the journal Trends in Plant Science, researchers from the University of Tennessee said tree and shrub canopies could be used as a search “asset” to help guide rescue teams to human remains.
This is because chemical changes in the ecosystems around human remains, referred to by researchers as “cadaver decomposition is…
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