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The purple-flowered crown of Dipteryx oleifera, one of the biggest trees on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, towers above the forest. Big trees may be most exposed to the effects of climate change: more frequent and severe drought, and the high winds and lightning of monster storms.
(Evan Gora)

How Will the Biggest Tropical Trees Respond to Climate Change?

March 30th, 2021, 9:34AM

/ BY Elisabeth King

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