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Canada's largest tree is a breathtaking West Coast gem nestled in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

Hidden in the dense foliage of Canada's Vancouver Island, this 182-foot barked giant is at least two millennia old and the ...
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The tallest tree in Asia was just found in the world’s deepest canyon

Asia's tallest tree was just found hiding in the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon — the world's deepest canyon with a maximum ...
The Economist

How the biggest trees survive droughts

By virtue of their enormous size, the tallest 1% of trees store over half of the carbon in Earth’s forests. The assumption ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Tall Trees Were Thought to Be More Vulnerable to Drought. But These Towering Plants in Southeast Asia Have Adapted to Move Water Efficiently

A new study found that enormous dipterocarp trees have special adaptations to transport water up to their highest limbs, ...
The Economist

The clever plumbing system inside the tallest trees

Researchers who scaled some dipterocarp trees—which can grow to over 100 metres—discovered some clever evolutionary ...
Earth.com

The world's tallest tropical trees have a sophisticated defense against drought

Scientists discovered an unexpected adaptation that helps giant rainforest trees survive drought as they grow taller.