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Giant trees have no trouble pumping water to top branches (news.exeter.ac.uk)
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[โ€“] SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

Pretty fascinating, especially the 1% of tallest trees holding more than half of above ground carbon

[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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?