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The best way to save giant sequoias may be more fire
ScienceDailySunday, July 26, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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Giant sequoias are built to withstand ordinary fires, but recent extreme wildfires killed thousands of trees that had survived for centuries or even millennia.
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- Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Giant sequoias are built to withstand ordinary fires, but recent extreme wildfires killed thousands of trees that had survived for centuries or even millennia.
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Giant sequoias are built to withstand ordinary fires, but recent extreme wildfires killed thousands of trees that had survived for centuries or even millennia.
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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.
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