Tree sample
Part of Hall of Planet Earth.
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Part of Hall of Planet Earth.
AMNH/R.Mickens
Living organisms, including trees, tie up only a small fraction of the Earth’s carbon, but that carbon moves rapidly between soils (the largest reservoir for carbon on land) and the atmosphere.
Donated by Suffern Tree Service, New York