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Guardian: The biggest trees in the world, known as the true ecological kings of the jungle, are dying off rapidly as roads, farms and settlements fragment forests and they come under prolonged attack from severe droughts and new pests and diseases.
Long-term studies in Amazonia, Africa and central America show that while these botanical behemoths may have adapted successfully to centuries of storms, pests and short-term climatic extremes, they are counterintuitively more vulnerable than other trees to today's......
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World’s giant trees are dying off rapidly, studies show
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 26th, 2012
Posted in Water Conservation