Located on Campbell Island in New Zealand, the Sitka spruce is now known as ‘the loneliest tree in the world’. Located 222 kilometers from the nearest tree This 9 meter high tree even made it into the Guinness Book of Records. The age of the tree has not yet been determined.

On the other hand, this tree somehow became the new focus of the scientific world. Scientists at the Institute of Geology and Nuclear Sciences (GNS Science) in New Zealand the secrets behind climate change He said he thought he could shed some light. It was reported that the tree could hold valuable information about the uptake of carbon dioxide in the Southern Ocean.

So why this tree?

Radiocarbon scientific leader at GNS Science, Dr. Jocelyn Turnbull, who emphasizes that the Southern Ocean is one of the carbon sinks 10% of all CO2 emissions produced in the last 150 years are in this region. shared. The tree’s mission will also be used to investigate exactly this past.

Because scientists couldn’t naturally capture the air from the region 30 years ago, they turned their eyes to these trees. Because trees during their development it held the carbon in the air in its rings. However, because the presence of old trees in the area is extremely low, this tree was the largest candidate for this information collection. Turnbull continued to apply these ideas in 2016. a 5 millimeter sample from the trunk of the tree taken. from the sample Turnbull took about 6 years ago. The results have not yet been shared.