Road Trip to Makanjira

I was part of a team of researchers that took a trip to
Makanjira, Malawi in October to measure the amount of
carbon in Faidherbia albida trees. The trees above, at our
research site, are Faidherbia and are bigger than the rest
because they were on the edge of the plot.

We measured the diameter of the trunk,

And the height,


then felled 45 of them for close measurement.
We cleaned off the small branches and measured
the circumference and length of the trunk and
all of the major branches.

More next week...