Giant Sequoias Yield Longest Fire History from Tree Rings
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 17:42
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- California's western Sierra Nevada had more frequent fires between 800 and 1300 than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a new study led by Thomas W. Swetnam, director of UA's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research.
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