The mysterious lives of giant trees

Name: The mysterious lives of giant trees
Uploaded: 2008-12-02T08:23:00Z
Duration: 19 min 11 s
Description: Science writer Richard Preston talks about some of the most enormous living beings on the planet, the giant trees of the US Pacific Northwest. Growing from a tiny seed, they support vast ecosystems -- and are still, largely, a mystery.

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TED2008

• February 2008

Science writer Richard Preston talks about some of the most enormous living beings on the planet, the giant trees of the US Pacific Northwest. Growing from a tiny seed, they support vast ecosystems -- and are still, largely, a mystery.

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