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On a breezeless, sunbaked beach in Borneo, one of the biggest challenges paleobotanist Peter Wilf faced in his team’s hunt for plant fossils was getting used to a new set of tools. The damp soil they were probing for ancient plant detritus had never fully formed into stone, so it crumbled with all but the […]
Ancient trees, some close to 1,000 years old, may have a big impact on the forests where they grow.
New study shows that ancient trees sustain the entire forest’s ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
Rare ancient trees help to sustain the trees around them by passing down experience in dealing with change, according to a study by The Morton Arboretum's Center for Tree Science in Illinois.
The oldest trees cannot be recovered or regenerated without centuries and generations of trees passing. The new study analyses the ecological value of