Beetles and fire kill dozens of ‘indestructible’ giant sequoia trees

Two articles from The Guardian: 

For the first time in recorded history, tiny bark beetles emboldened by the climate crisis have started to kill giant sequoia trees, according to a joint National Park Service and US Geological Survey study set to be published later this year.  READ MORE HERE

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Giant sequoia trees, the largest living organisms on the planet – some more than three millennia old – have started dying from beetle attacks linked to the climate emergency, the preliminary findings of a new study have revealed.  READ MORE HERE