Why can’t we communicate with trees the same way we communicate with, say, elephants? That famous elephant memory is also found in trees, and both communicate in languages that we didn’t even recognise at first. Trees communicate through their interconnected root systems, and elephants communicate using low-frequency rumbling below the range at which we can hear. Is such communication possible between people and trees? We have a physical reaction when we breathe them in, but for communication to happen, the trees also need to react to our signals.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2021 06:00 UTC