Giant trees have no trouble pumping water to top branches

https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy/giant-trees-have-no-trouble-pumping-water-to-top-branches/

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SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 53d

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

grue@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 52d

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?