Bio-Dome Trees Drop Dead in Perfect Environments

In other words, stop seeking comfort.

Taylor Foreman
Ascent Publication
Published in
5 min readSep 23, 2020

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Photo Poh Wei Chuen on Unsplash

In an experiment in Arizona, a tiny version of Earth is created inside a dome to learn about how the planet’s living systems actually work.

In a real head-scratching moment, trees tend to drop dead once they reach a certain height. The only thing missing: stress. In this case, strong wind…

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