World's oldest living tree discovered in Sweden(!?!)

www.physorg.com ^ | 04/16/2008 | Source: Swedish Research Council

[Red Badger]

That's older than HT.......Please, no pics!..............

[Red Badger]

Timber!...................................

[Merta]

Was it called The Al Gore?

[SolidWood]

That’s one really solid wood!

[2banana]

Have the spruces actually migrated here during the Ice Age as seeds from the east 1,000 kilometres over the inland ice that that then covered Scandinavia?

You mean it survived GLOBAL WARMING?

[Joe 6-pack]

I'm guessing this is entirely credible since the Swedish long ago discovered how to make furniture without the need for real wood.

[PetroniusMaximus]

“World’s oldest living tree discovered in Sweden”

“... Upon being informed that it was living in Sweden, the tree immediately applied for monthly state welfare payments and a free apartment.”

[trumandogz]

How on earth could a tree be older than the earth itself?

[Red Badger]

LOL!!!....You dog, you!.....

[American Quilter]

LOL!

[TRY ONE]

It’s a shame they had ot cut it down to count its rings! :-)

[theFIRMbss]

>World's oldest living tree discovered in Sweden

The Bikini Team is from there because they have so much good old wood . . .

[Brilliant]

“The spruce tree has shown to be a tenacious survivor that has endured by growing between erect trees and smaller bushes in pace with the dramatic climate changes over time.”

That’s a lie. Everyone knows that the climate just started changing in 2001, right after Bush was sworn in.

[Red Badger]

They did DNA sample comparisons and carbon-14 dating..................

[blam]

"Timber!..................................."

World's Oldest, 8,000 Year Old (Living) Tree Found In Sweden

[CodeToad]

If Albore wouldn’t stand so still they wouldn’t be taking core samples.

[claudiustg]

Yggdrasil.

“In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is the giant Ash Tree that holds together the Nine Worlds, also called the World Ash or World Tree, or Irminsul, Pillar of the World.

It encompasses the Nine Worlds, and is guarded by the serpent Jormungandr. Yggdrasil is one of many variations of the Cosmic Axis or Universal World Tree known to all human cultures.

Yggdrasil is home to many creatures, most notably the serpent or Dragon Nidhogg, lurks in the base, The Eagle , who lives at the tree’s peak, and the squirrel, Ratatosk, who carries messges between them. These animals can be viewed as metaphors for the human body.

According to Norse legend, Yggdrasil is where the god Odin hung upside-down for nine nights in order to obtain the magical Rune Alphabet.

According to Norse legend, Yggdrasil is where the god Odin hung upside-down for nine nights in order to obtain the Rune Alphabet. Beneath the roots of the World Ash lies the spring, Mimir, to which Odin sacrificed an eye to gain wisdom.”

[DannyTN]

Yet another wooden oracle of global warming.

[NewJerseyJoe]

They forgot the obligatory scare:
"But now, the tree's continued existence is in danger, due to manmade global warming and rising sea levels"

/sarc

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

“My research indicates that spruces have spent winters in places west or southwest of Norway”

You would think that the remarkable part of the story is that the spuces tend to migrate to Norway in the winter !?!