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on the other hand, many giant trees get the water out of the air via fog: Coalescence of coastal fog accounts for a considerable part of the trees' water needs
by m463 4mo ago
on the other hand, many giant trees get the water out of the air via fog:
Coalescence of coastal fog accounts for a considerable part of the trees' water needs.[23]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_sempervirens#Fog_and_flood_adaptations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_sempervirens#Fog_and_f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_sempervirens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_sempervirens
- nomel 4mo agoSequoia are still limited in height by gravity, probably due to capillary pressures. [1] If they evolved to be segmented, they could probably do it. [1] https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/REDWOODS-How-tall-can-they-grow-2764144.php https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/REDWOODS-How-tall-can...
- efskap 4mo agoSimilarly, it blows my mind that all trees are made of air, specifically the carbon in it. I used to think that the biomass must come from the soil, but reality is more interesting.
- c22 4mo agoKind of like how the vast majority of weight loss in animals happens via exhaling. Weirder still is the realization that all the air is just trapped light.
- kijin 4mo agoActually, all matter is just trapped energy.
- theendisney 4mo agoThere is no such thing as energy.
- lazide 4mo agoRather, no such thing as matter. Energy is pervasive.
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- kulahan 4mo agoIt's also kind of weird to think that soil, really, is just ground up "stuff" that used to be trees, plants, rocks, etc.
- hinkley 4mo agoThere’s also a theory that the moss on these trees is mutualism instead of simply epiphytic. The moss holds moisture, which can be accessed by the tree.