The Redwood's Canopy
In Northern California's Humboldt County, coastal redwoods tower over three hundred feet into the fog. But something remarkable happens beneath them. Dr. Emily Burns, a...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 91:1-2.
In Northern California's Humboldt County, coastal redwoods tower over three hundred feet into the fog. But something remarkable happens beneath them. Dr. Emily Burns, a forest ecologist at Save the Redwoods League, has documented how the massive canopy of a mature redwood creates an entirely different world at its base. Temperatures stay ten to fifteen degrees cooler in summer. Moisture drips steadily from needles that comb water straight out of the fog.…
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