I did not know that trees create a negative pressure to force water up through their trunks [1] (link via Hacker News [2] commentary on a NewScientist blurb about the limits to tree growth [3].)
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BickMFHAZR0
[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5085348
[3] http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729004.800-why-trees-cant-grow-taller-than-100-metres.html
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