Scaling 'Lady Liberty' to collect samples. Photo: AFP/Archangel Ancient Tree Archive
A non-profit group of environmentalists have launched a mission to regrow forests created from the world's oldest trees, in the hopes that their efforts will preserve the species for future generations.
Genetic samples of a 2,000 year old bald cypress tree in Florida were collected earlier this week by the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive organisation.
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