RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – After three years of planning, five expeditions and a two-week trek through dense jungle, scientists have reached the tallest tree ever found in the Amazon rainforest, a towering specimen the size of a 25-storey building. The giant tree, whose top juts out high above the canopy in the Iratapuru River […]
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A group of scientists has found the world s tallest tree, a towering specimen the size of a 25-story building in the Amazon rainforest, it was reported this weekend.