THE WORLD'S 2ND BIGGEST TREE CAPTURED IN ONE SPECTACULAR IMAGE

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23. Trees

I spent 30 years teaching Forest Ecology to college students. In western N.C., we have the most diverse Forests in the country. Students had to learn over 100 species by leaves bark and fruit, in the winter, by buds. For my years of Service, I have just been awarded a fully paid, 20 day tour of California forests with the International Dendrology Society in September. I will be with the biggest, most educated tree huggers in the world and lectured at each stop by world class writers and educators. This will be my first in person sight of these glorious Western forests. I found out 2 days ago and see this image on DU today. Pouring your heart into your job has it's rewards. We all need to see the nation's forest before they are lost to fire, insects, disease or politicians. The Kocks made fortunes in the paper industry, and have been sued many times for damaging environmentally destructed harvesting practices. Bottom line, trees take in CO2 and produce oxygen from the photosynthetic process. Also, oceans do the same, providing 52 percent of the earths oxygen from phytoplankton. Climate change introduces insects and disease to forest regions that can not fight the envasives. Greedy humans are destroying both forests and oceans at neck break speed and denying science. And we think God is gonna bless us!!!.