Blowing in the Wind

"When there is a storm, and you stand in front of a tree--if you look at its branches, you swear it will fall. But if you look at the trunk, you will see its stability."This quote from 2015's film The Revenant puts into words an impression that I've gotten more than once, walking through the woods with my eyes turned skyward. Trees are astoundingly flexible, and it seems that as they get bigger, their propensity to bend in the breeze only grows. Trees rely on the pores in their leaves to capt...