Ecowatch: Trees are amazing, and we have the numbers to prove it

This is what an old olive tree looks like. They can live for hundreds of years though perhaps not for the thousands of years the world's oldest tree has lasted (check it out below). — Public domain

DURING this festive Chinese New Year, as the Fire Horse gallops into 2026 on Feb 17, let's get a different perspective on the planet's beleaguered trees.