#Despite debate, even the world’s oldest trees are not immortal
“#Despite debate, even the world’s oldest trees are not immortal” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The oldest trees on Earth have stood for nearly five millennia, and researchers have long wondered to what extent these ancient organisms undergo senescence, physically deteriorating as they age. A recent paper studying ginkgoes, one of the world’s longest-lived trees, even…