Our trees are on the move. We must adapt to survive
Jan 31, 2022
3 minutes
Ben Rawlence
You have a heartbeat. Did you know that the planet has one too? In fact it has more than one.
Every day plants create a pulse of oxygen as they breathe in carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. And every year, deciduous plants and trees photosynthesise during the spring and summer and then shut down for the winter, creating a burst of oxygen in springtime.
And lastly, the most amazing and dramatic of all, the slow heartbeat of ice, rising and falling
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