TREE-RIFIC TREE FACTS THAT PROVE HOW COOL THEY ARE

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HAS DEVELOPED A TREE

THAT IS 1,000 TIMES MORE EFFECTIVE AT

ABSORBING CO2 THAN A REGULAR TREE

CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S

OLDEST TREES. SOME OF THEM ARE MORE THAN

5,000 YEARS OLD!

THE LOCATIONS OF SOME OF THE OLDEST TREES ARE

KEPT SECRET TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM

DAMAGING THEM

LEONARDO DA VINCI WAS THE FIRST PERSON

TO NOTE THAT ALL OF A TREE'S BRANCHES PUT

TOGETHER WOULD EQUAL THE THICKNESS OF THE

TREE'S TRUNK. MODERN SCIENCE IS TRYING TO

SHOW WHY THIS IS TRUE (FOR THE MOST PART)

DURING THE 1930’S, NAZIS PLANTED A TREE SHAPED

SWASTIKA THAT WAS ONLY DISCOVERED IN 1992

DURING AN AERIAL SURVEY. RESIDENTS PROMPTLY

CUT DOWN THE TREES (SWASTIKAS ARE ILLEGAL

IN GERMANY)

NEARLY 96% OF ANCIENT REDWOOD TREES HAVE BEEN

CUT DOWN. THESE TREES ARE AMONG THE OLDEST AND

TALLEST TREES LEFT ON EARTH

ABOUT 99% OF ANY GIVEN TREE IS ACTUALLY DEAD.

THE LIVING 1% CONSISTS OF THE LEAVES, THE ROOT TIPS

AND A THIN LAYER CALLED THE PHLOEM THAT IS FOUND

UNDER THE BARK AND CONNECTS THE LEAVES WITH

THE ROOTS BY DELIVERING NUTRIENTS

OVER 1000 YEARS AGO, THE ISLANDS OF VENICE WERE

BUILT ON TREES, BUT BECAUSE THE TREES ARE

SUBMERGED THEY DO NOT ROT. IN FACT, MINERALS

IN THE WATER HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY CALCIFYING

THEM INTO STONE

ON THE ISLAND OF TANA TORAJA IN INDONESIA, IF A

BABY DIES THE VILLAGERS WILL CUT A HOLE INTO

A TREE, LAY THE BABY INSIDE, AND LET THE

TREE GROW BACK AROUND IT