From August to December 2020, the Castle fire tore through Sequoia national park, burning through thousands of the ancient redwoods, the world’s largest tree. NPS scientists now estimate that between 7,500 and 10,000 mature giant sequoias went up in flames. A stand of burned sequoias in the Board Camp Grove in Sequoia national park. Giant sequoias only grow in the peaks and valleys of a small central range of California’s Sierra Nevada. The consequences of losing thousands of giant sequoias will reverberate across California – and the world – for decades.

Source: The Guardian June 03, 2021 04:52 UTC