The world's southernmost tree hangs on in one of the windiest places on Earth – but climate change is shifting those winds
- Written by Brian Buma, Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver
On Isla Hornos, Magellan's beech trees grow in wind-protected nooks and crannies. Andres Holz, CC BY-ND
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The big idea
In 2019, my research team and I found the world’s southernmost tree on an island at the edge of South America. The diminutive tree is 42 years old, stretches...