7 - The Ghost Trees
Science Solved It
English - June 06, 2017 18:50 - 17 minutes - 19.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 288 ratingsScience Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Hidden throughout the mesmerizing redwood forests of California’s coast are stark, pure white trees. These rare albino redwoods don’t have the chlorophyll that other plants have. Chlorophyll makes plants green but it’s also necessary for plants to produce food, so these albino trees shouldn’t be able to exist. But…they do. Here’s what scientist think is going on.
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