Majestic sequoia trees can live for thousands of years. Climate change could wipe them out
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When fires broke out at a national park last summer, the loss was something even experts didn't think possible. More than 10% of the world's population of mature sequoias went up in flames -- along with a a big chunk of history.
Sequoias were once found across the Northern Hemisphere, but today, they only naturally grow across the western slopes of the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. So when the Castle Fire broke out in August 2020, and merged with another fire to tear through more than 174,000 acres over four months, the loss was something even experts didn't think possible -- somewhere between 7,500 to 10,600 mature giant sequoias were destroyed, according to a report by the National Park Service, published in June.More Related News