An example that trying to preserve an ecological entity unchanged can hasten its demise, esp under climate change
“props to support its branches…hollow parts filled with concrete…limbs clad with lead
Left alone, ancient oaks shed their limbs & ‘grow down’”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nottinghamshire tree, one of Europe’s oldest and largest, fails to produce leaves after being stressed by series of hot, dry summers
