The Washington Post has a fun article today about a super-old Tree. It’s over 600 years old, which is old even in Tree-years, since most Oak trees only last for 200 years. However, it’s not just time or gravity bringing down Oakahontas over here. It’s Climate Change.
Of Course it is. Click here to read their silly article
“The tree’s sudden failure to thrive is a mystery. Pastor Jones thinks the reason could simply be old age. White oaks usually live between 200 and 300 years. The Basking Ridge oak has surpassed that by several centuries.
No one really knows how or why trees die. Scientists know how they grow, they know how to reconstruct their past, but they don’t know how to predict their future — except to say that the warmer the planet becomes, the more trees will die.”
“Residents worry about the inevitable, but they also worry about doing the right thing. Cutting away even more dead limbs may not be the answer, Jones said. “We want to treat the tree with respect,” he said, “and not prolong its death.””
Wow. Liberals.
