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Extreme Trees

June 1, 2010

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via National Geographic

Classifying the world’s tallest, thickest, biggest, and oldest trees can be an extreme challenge. For the National Geographic “Extreme Trees” poster, featured in several of the magazine’s international editions, we took a look at what counts when measuring. Trees grow, limbs fall, ways of measuring change, and new trees are discovered, so figuring out which trees to highlight wasn’t easy.

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4 Responses to “Extreme Trees”

  1. 420Vice Says:
    1. June 2010 at 2:39 pm

    RT @Soiled_Earth: Extreme Trees http://bit.ly/awUtga

  2. Regina Rodriguez Says:
    1. June 2010 at 2:41 pm

    Extreme Trees http://bit.ly/awUtga

  3. Infographic Challenged Says:
    1. June 2010 at 3:15 pm

    I need a larger monitor for this one.

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