TIL that scientists constructed a totally enclosed, artificial environment called the Biosphere 2 and made a mistake that caused all the trees to collapse before reaching maturity: there was no wind so trees failed to develop stress wood, which is needed for them to stand

http://www.overtravel.net/the-necessity-of-stress/



Submitted April 17, 2015 at 02:01PM by mastercookie123 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/32wjh2/til_that_scientists_constructed_a_totally/