Scientists have created the first global map of forest height using satellite data. The map will improve estimates of how much carbon is stored in Earth’s trees and how much carbon dioxide they absorb ...

What limits the height of trees? Is it the fraction of their photosynthetic energy they devote to productive new leaves? Or is it their ability to hoist water hundreds of feet into the air, supplying ...

Scientists have developed a mathematical model that predicts the maximum height trees can reach in particular environmental conditions. They hope their model will help ecologists get a better ...

This takes me back to my plant science degree. First of all, capillary action doesn’t limit the height of trees. If it did, they would be nothing like the magnificent specimens we see all around us.