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Some trees essentially shut their windows and doors and hold their breath when there is wildfire smoke
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A forest burns in the background, smoke rises to the sky. The graphic says "Some trees 'hold their breath' during wildfires".

Trees don’t like to breathe wildfire smoke, either – and they’ll hold their breath to avoid it

An unplanned experiment when wildfire smoke rolled through Colorado shows how trees keep some of the smoke out.
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Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her)
Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her)
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trees smarter than people, I can barely get folks to put on a mask when there’s wildfire smoke
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