Giant sequoias yield longest fire history from tree rings
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 08:00
in Earth & Climate
A 3,000-year record from 52 of the world's oldest trees shows that California's western Sierra Nevada was droughty and often fiery from 800 to 1300, according to new research...
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