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14-11-2022, 02:44 PM
Issued on: 07/10/2022 - 22:54
Modified: 07/10/2022 - 22:52
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – After three years of planning, five expeditions and a two-week trek through dense jungle, scientists have reached the tallest tree ever found in the Amazon rainforest, a towering specimen the size of a 25-storey building.
The giant tree, whose top juts out high above the canopy in the Iratapuru River Nature Reserve in northern Brazil, is an angelim vermelho (scientific name: Dinizia excelsa) measuring 88.5 meters (290 feet) tall and 9.9 meters (32 feet) around -- the biggest ever identified in the Amazon, scientists say.
Researchers first spotted the enormous tree in satellite images in 2019 as part of a 3D mapping project.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20...-in-amazon
Modified: 07/10/2022 - 22:52
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – After three years of planning, five expeditions and a two-week trek through dense jungle, scientists have reached the tallest tree ever found in the Amazon rainforest, a towering specimen the size of a 25-storey building.
The giant tree, whose top juts out high above the canopy in the Iratapuru River Nature Reserve in northern Brazil, is an angelim vermelho (scientific name: Dinizia excelsa) measuring 88.5 meters (290 feet) tall and 9.9 meters (32 feet) around -- the biggest ever identified in the Amazon, scientists say.
Researchers first spotted the enormous tree in satellite images in 2019 as part of a 3D mapping project.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20...-in-amazon
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