Baobab Moon Beth
Baobab Moon Beth The baobabs of Madagascar and southern Africa are among the world's natural wonders: they can live more than 2,500 years, and their massive, water-storing trunks can reach a diameter…
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Baobab Moon Beth
The baobabs of Madagascar and southern Africa are among the world's natural wonders: they can live more than 2,500 years, and their massive, water-storing trunks can reach a diameter of more than thirty-five feet. But now, suddenly, the largest baobabs are dying off, literally collapsing under their own weight. Baobabs also play an important role in human communities, serving as a renewable source of food, fiber, and fuel, as well as a focus of spiritual life.
She was driven to make a new photographic pilgrimage to bear witness to this Scientists believe these ancient giants are being dehydrated by drought and higher temperatures, likely the result of climate change.Photographer Beth Moon--already responsible for some of the most indelible images of Africa's oldest and largest baobabs--began to hear of the rapid disappearance of these trees from her scientific contacts.
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