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Amy Bennett, Research Fellow in the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds

The world’s biggest trees could hold the secret to coping with drought

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Rising more than 70 metres above the rainforest canopy, a giant skyscraper of a tropical tree can seem almost invincible. Some have survived centuries of storms, droughts and competition.

Large trees face a formidable engineering challenge, lifting water tens of metres from the soil to leaves high above the forest floor. A challenge which intensifies during drought.

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