Giant African baobab trees die suddenly after thousands of years

Giant African baobab trees die suddenly after thousands of years

Posted by on Jun 14, 2018 @ 12:42 pm in Conservation | 0 comments | Last modified: June 14, 2018

Some of Africa’s oldest and biggest baobab trees have abruptly died, wholly or in part, in the past decade, according to researchers. The trees, aged between 1,100 and 2,500 years and in some cases as wide as a bus is long, may have fallen victim to climate change, the team speculated. “We report that nine of the 13 oldest … individuals have died, or at least their...

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