The world’s oldest tree, a
9,500-year-old Norwegian Spruce named “Old Tjikko,” after Professor Leif
Kullman’s Siberian husky, continues to grow in Sweden. Discovered in
2004 by Kullman, professor of Physical Geography at Umeå University, the
age of the tree was determined using carbon-14 dating.
Because of its size it stays for such long time. The short tree can withstand storm more than long tree.
More info: National Geographic (h/t: mymodernmet, aftonbladet)
Image credits: Karl Brodowsky
Image credits: Leif Kullman
Image credits: IBL/Rex Features
Image credits: Petter Rybäck
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