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		sfn42 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Getting hit by lightning is good for some tropical... Trees essentially just pump water out of the ground and up to their leaves where it evaporates. They're like big natural humidifiers.

cenamus 10 months ago [–]

But also through insane negative pressures, otherwise they'd only get water up ~10m

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