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Tony Caprio/National Park Service via AP hide caption toggle caption Tony Caprio/National Park Service via AP At least a tenth of the world's mature giant sequoias were destroyed by a single California wildfire that tore through the southern Sierra Nevada last year, according to a draft report prepared by scientists with the National Park Service. Tony Caprio/National Park Service via AP SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — At least a tenth of the world's mature giant sequoia trees were destroyed by a single California wildfire that tore through the s...

Approximately 7,500 to 10,000 of the trees died in the Castle Fire, the study determined.

At least 10% of the world’s giant sequoias lost in a single wildfire, report suggests About 10 to 14% of the world’s giant sequoia trees were destroyed by a single wildfire that swept through California’s Sequoia National Forest last summer, a new draft report from the National Park Service indicates. The report, which has not yet been made publicly available, used satellite images to show the shocking impact the Castle Fire had on the giant trees, in what experts call an unprecedented mortality event caused by a combination of climate change-driven drought and fire suppression efforts....

10% of world’s giant sequoia trees destroyed by California fire, study says Peter Sblendorio © Tony Caprio In this April 22, 2021, file photo, provided by the National Park Service, shows a smoldering tree in Sequoia National Park, Calif. The giant sequoia was found smoldering and smoking in an area of the park burned by the 2020 Castle Fire. A devastating wildfire that roared through California last year destroyed at least 10% of Earth’s mature giant sequoia trees, according to a new report. Approximately 7,500 to 10,000 of the trees — or a whopping 10% to 14% of the...

Here are your local news headlines for the morning of June 3, 2021.