abstract:SpeedTree is a group of vegetation programming and modeling software products developed and sold by Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. (IDV) that generates virtual foliage for animations, architecture and in real time for video games and demanding real time simulations such as the Trainz series.
The pair were on a fishing holiday and had been out on the loch in a boat when they saw what they thought was a tree trunk heading towards them at speed.
Given the speed at which warming appears to be occurring, it's not clear whether tree species will be able to migrate fast enough to survive, said van Mantgem of the U.S. Geological Survey.