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S8 Ep1188: Jim Robbins, author of The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet, di
Jim Robbins, author of The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet, discusses the life's work of David Milarch, a man who, following a transformative near-death experience, embarked on a mission to save the genetics of the world's largest and oldest trees. Through the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, Milarch and his team clone "champion trees"—the largest specimens of various species—to preserve their resilient DNA, which Milarch believes contains the "schooling" of centuries of survival against storms and disease. Despite early…
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