Pretty fascinating, especially the 1% of tallest trees holding more than half of above ground carbon
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This was a study of a type of tropical flowering tree in Borneo. I wonder if the giant conifers in the Pacific Northwest have similar adaptations?
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Headline: "…pumping water…"
Right in the goddamned article
“Trees contain lots of thin, hollow vessels and they suck water upwards by creating low pressure at the top,” said Professor Lucy Rowland, from the University of Exeter. (emphasis mine)
Come on, article writers, be kinder to the pedants!
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I love trees. So majestic.
Veritasium has a great video on this.
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This just in: 100 million year old species of trees is actually fully capable of surviving and thriving
Tune in next week to find out if it really even is necessary to piss and shit
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