SCIENTISTS WENT LOOKING FOR GIANT TREES IN TAIWAN AND FOUND A LOST WORLD

Taiwan’s steep, remote mountains have sheltered extraordinary forests containing hundreds of giant Taiwania firs. After years of difficult expeditions, LiDAR mapping, and citizen-science detective work, researchers discovered an 84.1-meter (276-foot) tree, the tallest known in East Asia.

All Top News -- ScienceDaily reports that taiwan’s steep, remote mountains have sheltered extraordinary forests containing hundreds of giant Taiwania firs.

The report adds: After years of difficult expeditions, LiDAR mapping, and citizen-science detective work, researchers discovered an 84.1-meter (276-foot) tree, the tallest known in East Asia.

They also found dense “temples of giants” where dozens of enormous trees grow together.

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