Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Baobab trees can live longer than 2,500 years.

Watch the video to see how scientists in South Africa use nuclear technology to analyse extracts of a tree’s wood and how this can help forecast future climate change.

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