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The tallest tree in Asia was just found in the world’s deepest canyon

Asia's tallest tree was just found hiding in the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon — the world's deepest canyon with a maximum ...
The Economist

The clever plumbing system inside the tallest trees

Researchers who scaled some dipterocarp trees—which can grow to over 100 metres—discovered some clever evolutionary ...

Malaysia's tallest rainforest trees keep pumping water to their highest branches even during drought, thanks to a hidden hydraulic adaptation, scientists found

New research reveals that Malaysia's tallest rainforest trees possess a remarkable hydraulic adaptation, allowing them to ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Tall Trees Were Thought to Be More Vulnerable to Drought. But These Towering Plants in Southeast Asia Have Adapted to Move Water Efficiently

A new study found that enormous dipterocarp trees have special adaptations to transport water up to their highest limbs, ...

The world's tallest trees are tricking gravity to survive drought by widening their internal water pipes and rewiring their water transport system

For decades, scientists believed the world's tallest trees faced a fundamental disadvantage during drought. The higher a tree ...
Earth.com

The world's tallest tropical trees have a sophisticated defense against drought

Scientists discovered an unexpected adaptation that helps giant rainforest trees survive drought as they grow taller.
The Economist

How the biggest trees survive droughts

By virtue of their enormous size, the tallest 1% of trees store over half of the carbon in Earth’s forests. The assumption ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Climbing the Tallest Trees

Climbers Brian French and Will Koomjian ascend the Brummit fir in Coos County Oregon. It is the National Champion Douglas fir and stands 335 feet tall. Freesolo Photography / Sean O'Connor “Watch out!