How do trees grow so tall?
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How do trees grow so tall?
Look up. Way up. Some trees stand taller than a twenty-story building, and they got there without a crane, a ladder, or a single delivery of bricks. So how does a living thing pull itself up that high, year after year, just by standing in one spot? Let's climb the answer.
Here's the first surprising thing: a tree doesn't grow taller the way you do. You stretch evenly all over. A tree only grows at its tips — the very top of each branch and the very end of each root. Those tips are like tiny construction crews, always adding new bits at the ends.
