The Hidden Life of Trees: The International Bestseller

Here are the accepted answers: capillary action and transpiration.

Once the gap opened by the loss of another tree is overcome and everyone has extended their crowns so far out that the window of light into the forest is, once again, closed, then everyone can go back to leaning on everyone else.

Urban trees, therefore, have to go it alone under the harshest conditions.

because the fungal threads grow into its soft root hairs.

After the fight for light, it is the fight for water that finally decides who wins.

So many questions remain unanswered. Perhaps we are poorer for having lost a possible explanation or richer for having gained a mystery.

That in itself is astounding, because to do this, trees must have some kind of ability to see. It makes sense to look for this ability in the leaves.

Today’s deposits of these fossil fuels come from trees that died about 300 million years ago.

Given this reciprocal relationship between trees and weather, forest ecosystems probably play an important role in slowing down climate change.45

To prevent this, the bird makes the entrance smaller using mud, which it arranges artfully around the perimeter.