California's tallest trees are getting heatstroke, study finds

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWired reports a new study finds California's redwoods, adapted to a cool, foggy climate, slow down photosynthesis when their surroundings warm up.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the tallest trees in the world are getting heatstroke.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThey've been standing in one spot for two thousand years and still can't handle a warm afternoon.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThis is file footage, by the way, not the study's trees. Just redwoods being redwoods.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRoll it. Look at this trail curving through the redwoods, and there's the creek with a fallen log across it. Mossy. Elite.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWatch this, the wooden railing guiding the path. Somebody built a railing for the humans, and the trees get nothing.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHere it comes, the light filtering through the canopy. That's the shade they're protecting, and honestly it's all they've got.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRun it back.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorViral Score, seven out of ten. The creek gets all the points, because it's the only thing in the clip staying cool.

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