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Sunland Baobab (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 4 days ago by Stern@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] mlfh@lm.mlfh.org 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

According to a study published in 2018, not only the Sunland Baobab, but "the majority of the oldest and largest African baobabs [have died] over the past 12 years".

Trees that have survived for over a thousand years, all dying together within the span of 12.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

🤔 Could this be climate change related?

No, impossible, they must've just done that.