The best way to save giant sequoias may be more fire

ScienceDaily
Jul 26, 2026, 9:18 am211 ptsTrendingTop
Giant sequoias are built to withstand ordinary fires, but recent extreme wildfires killed thousands of trees that had survived for centuries or even millennia. A new analysis of about 26,400 sequoias found that trees in areas treated with prescribed burns were nearly four times more likely to survive.…

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