Employee of agroforestry department at Imidra, Madrid's rural, agroforestry and alimentation investigation institute, shows a cork oak germination in Alcala de Henares, Spain, February 10, 2021. Picture taken February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Juan Medina
MADRID (Reuters) - After the worst snowstorm in decades damaged half a million of Madrid's trees, a specialist arboreal rescue team is swooping in to clone some of the most valuable specimens, creating genetically identical copies for future generations to enjoy.
Storm Filomena crashed through central Spain in early January, cutting off transport links to the capital and causing hundreds of millions of euros of damage.
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