The world’s tallest tropical trees lift water to their highest leaves without strain, a new study has found. These giants – the dipterocarps that tower over the rainforests of Southeast Asia – rebuild their inner plumbing as they grow, so height never leaves them short of water.
The finding overturns a long-held idea that giant trees struggle to stay hydrated and so die more readily in drought. Because the biggest trees hold much of a forest’s carbon
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Scientists discovered an unexpected adaptation that helps giant rainforest trees survive drought as they grow taller.
Jordan Joseph (Earth.com)