Scientists Stumbled Back Onto a Forest Experiment Abandoned for 30 Years, and the Results Stunned Them
Researchers who revisited the long-forgotten Silvicultural Systems Project plots at Tanjil Bren in Victoria, Australia, found that heavily thinned mountain ash stands grew trees about 20% larger in diameter than unharvested controls and, within 30 years, recovered all carbon removed in the 1987 harvest. The findings, published July 1, 2026 in Forest Science, also reported […]
Researchers revisited the abandoned Silvicultural Systems Project plots at Tanjil Bren in Victoria, Australia, and found that heavily thinned mountain ash stands grew trees roughly 20% larger in diameter than unharvested controls. The plots also recovered all carbon removed in the 1987 harvest within 30 years, according to findings published July 1, 2026 in Forest Science. The story is a forestry science result with no connection to crypto markets, so it carries no trading relevance.
