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The article is not about growing a genuinely thousand year old tree. The article is about human deforestation meaning there is an age gap of trees so there is
by vintagedave 2y ago
The article is not about growing a genuinely thousand year old tree.
The article is about human deforestation meaning there is an age gap of trees so there is no generation turning a thousand for the first time — no trees that will become ancient before the current ancients die. They are trying techniques to make younger trees have characteristics of older trees in order to keep the ecological presence.