Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Old, old, OLD growth . . .


THE ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE is preserving the genetics of the Earth's oldest trees.

3 comments:

The Mound of Sound said...

The bastards better not come looking for a tissue sample from me.

the salamander said...

Fabulous link .. merci beaucoup !

The Mound of Sound is a mossy backed tree ?

Have a look here .. and enjoy ..
http://americanlivewire.com/the-president-a-giant-sequoia-tree/

Holly Stick said...

It's good if they can do that, because scientists are reporting that the oldest tree populations trees are in decline:

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6112/1305

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=213551

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/12/07/big-trees-dying.html