| Title: |
Trees suck. Notes on the physics of transpiration in trees. |
| Authors: |
Brown, Harvey R.1 (AUTHOR) harvey.brown@philosophy.ox.ac.uk, Sutton, Adrian P.1 (AUTHOR) a.sutton@imperial.ac.uk |
| Source: |
Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology. Mar2025, Vol. 195, p71-86. 16p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*SCIENTIFIC literature, *PLANT transpiration, *CAPILLARITY, *BOTANY, *OSMOSIS |
| Abstract: |
The Cohesion Theory of the ascent of water in trees is a quiet triumph of modern science. Besides hydrodynamics, the physics of transpiration involves capillarity, evaporation and osmosis — phenomena which all have a history of considerable theoretical confusion. The aim of this paper is to supplement existing accounts of this physics in the plant science literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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