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It wasn't just a tree: why it feels so bad to lose the iconic Sycamore Gap tree and others like it

By Rebecca Banham, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Tasmania

One night, someone cut down a tree. It wasn’t just any tree. The loss of the Sycamore Gap tree sent a nation into grief. But why?

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