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10 of the Tallest Trees in the World
Is there a limit to how tall a tree can grow? For giant sequoias, research shows that there are physical limits imposed by gravity—trees struggle to get sufficient water up so high, leading to ...
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Forest Giant
That is, this tree is so big you can scarcely look at it all. It has a name, the President, bestowed about 90 years ago by admiring humans. It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron ...
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The giant sequoia: preserving a slice of natural history
How do you conserve an ancient wedge of giant tree? With solvent, buckets of conservation-grade resin and a lot of patience. Giant sequoias are among the largest organisms in the world. It took 12 ...
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Transforming a Giant Tree into a Top-Notch Table
All Asian Production Transforming a Giant Tree into a Top-Notch Table Posted: September 5, 2024 | Last updated: September 20, 2024 Witness the incredible process of turning a massive tree into a ...
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Giant 200-year-old redwood tree cut down 'by mistake'
A 200-year-old giant redwood tree in Swansea has been chopped down "by mistake" by a housing developer. The tree was planted by the land-owning family who created what is now Penllergaer Valley Woods.
A Forest of Giant Sequoias Is Growing in Detroit
Most giant sequoias live in California’s Sierra Nevada, a mountain range wedged between Fresno, Lake Tahoe, and the Death ...
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Nearly Every Giant New York Tree Grows in This County
Monroe County in Rochester, NY is home to at 78 of New York's largest trees. Combined with their neighboring Livingston ...
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Seattle Art Museum’s giant tree sculpture will come down next year
After nearly a decade spent hanging from the lobby ceiling at SAM, John Grade's 105-foot tree sculpture Middle Fork will come ...
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The Man Hiding in Texas’ State Tree
This story appears in the September 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In 1915 Paul Popenoe gave 26 photos of giant trees to National Geographic. One of them was this shot mailed from San ...
The Daytona Beach News-Journal5d
OPINION: Trim the damn trees, please. Failure to prune results in two deaths.
A giant branch in one of those giant trees had broken off and landed on a power line. ZAP. There was no power for the whole street for days and days. I was mortified. What a great way to introduce ...
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I scale these vast trees to gather data on the effects of climate change
In this photograph, I’m abseiling down from the canopy of a giant Taiwania tree — we call this specific tree Great White. I climbed it in late June in a forest at an elevation of 1,900 metres ...
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Forest giant in bid to save endangered trees
The possible extinction of certain plant species because of over-harvesting has prompted forestry giant Sappi to embark on a campaign to save endangered trees. The Sappi Rare, Threatened and ...