Scientists Used Lasers and Citizen Scientists to Find a “Lost World” of Giant Trees

Scientists Used Lasers and Citizen Scientists to Find a “Lost World” of Giant Trees

After ten years of fieldwork in Taiwan’s remote mountain regions, researchers have identified an 84.1-meter (276-foot) Taiwania fir, now recognized as the tallest tree documented in East Asia. The team also found dense forests containing dozens of giant Taiwania firs, suggesting that other giant trees may remain hidden in Taiwan’s rugged interior. The study, published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, was conducted by a team led by Rebe…