Richard Preston: Climbing the world’s biggest trees

December 2, 2008

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Science writer Richard Preston talks about some of the most enormous living beings on the planet, the giant trees of the US Pacific Northwest. Growing from a tiny seed, they support vast ecosystems — and are still, largely, a mystery.

via:TED.com

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1 M. D. Vaden of Oregon February 9, 2009 at 12:33 am

Nice that his presentations are gaining more color now considering the book had no photos.

Having been to many of the redwoods Preston wrote and apoke about, I found the habitats as an interesting comparison to how he presented them.

Cheers,

MDV
Oregon

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