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this reminds me of the story where they grew trees in a perfect indoor environment and they all fell over.
no wind. the wind stresses the trees in a way that triggers a reaction to make some chemical or whatnot that is the structure of the tree. without the stress, they dont build enough support.
So you're saying my underground tree farms in minecraft are unrealistic?
Absolutely not, Minecraft is so close to reality that it is proof children yearn to work the mines and child labor laws have deprived them or their need.
That’s not a story. That happened in the Biosphere. They gave us a presentation on it.
ha, isnt that the definition of story?
Fair point. I was just pointing out that it’s a true story.
I actually related this to a botanist once and he was absolutely floored that they didn’t know that ahead of time.
hahahah dude, i thought you were talking about the MOVIE. hahaha im so stupid.
e. i kinda miss the weasel
Do you have any sources? It sounds really interesting
No, not that I could easily identify. It was part of a presentation given by their faculty at the institute where I was working at the time. It’s pretty much the only part of it that stuck in my head because I’m a biologist (but not a botanist) and never knew that.
It stuck because it was just one of those things that you might have never thought of on your own, but once you hear it you say “Huh, that makes perfect sense.”
You could probably find a lot of material on the effects of wind on trees, but I’m not sure where/how they published their work. I can’t remember if this was the first or second iteration, either. In any case, we declined collaboration so I never got more than an hour long presentation.