17 minutes agoThe world's oldest giant African trees disappear as a result of global warming
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Some African trees known as “baob” have suddenly disappeared, according to one study. Old trees between 1, 100 and 2, 500 years old are the first victims of climate change. “We have reported that nine of the 13 old trees have disappeared, or their share has died over the past 12 years”, [...]
Old trees between 1, 100 and 2, 500 years old are the first victims of climate change.
“We have reported that nine of the 13 old trees have disappeared, or their share has died over the past 12 years”, writes a team of researchers in a science magazine “Nature Plants”, describing “an event with an unprecedented size of”.
The “is definitely shocking and dramatic to experience the loss of my year-old trees during our time of”, said study associate Adrian Ptrust of Babes-Bolyai University in Romania, the Guardian” reported.
The baobab trees are the longest - lived trees in the world. They are usually raised in the savanna region of Africa a tropical area.
Ikoonic trees are about 3, 000 years old and also long. The tree serves as a massive water depot and bears fruit that feeds animals and humans. Researchers used radiocarbon method to analyze samples taken from various parts of each tree's trunk. /Periscopi/
