Modern Australian

Trees are made of human breath

  • Written by Cris Brack, Associate Professor, forest measurement & management, Australian National University
Trees are made of human breathFelicity Burke/The Conversation

Outside my office window, two skilled workers complete a hard and dirty job. They’re cutting the felled trunk of a tree into small enough pieces to be thrown into the back of a truck with the rest of the chipped remains. I know that this act was ultimately for my own safety. I, like tens of thousands of others...