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A 16-Million-Year-Old Tree Tells a Deep Story of the Passage of Time
The world-famous museum is now in the possession of an ancient slab of a sequoia tree. After carefully counting each ring of the tree, paleobotanist Scott Wing determined that the tree lived for ...
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The giant sequoia: preserving a slice of natural history
The careful treatment process exposed the natural surface of the wood, enhancing its appearance by revealing the sequoia's growth rings. Tree rings are created under the bark as the organism grows ...
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2 types of sequoia trees have grown big in Michigan, where to see these ancient species
Two types of iconic sequoia trees have grown tall and strong in a surprising place: Michigan. One was believed to be extinct less than 100 years ago. The other is the largest living thing on Earth.