Ancient California Redwoods Defy Scientists’ Expectations and Sprout New Shoots From Blackened Trunks

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A devastating fire sparked fears that California’s redwoods would never recover, but these old timers had a trick up their trunks, and utilized deep stores of energy in their roots to sprout new growth weeks after they were charred. The story begins after lightning sparked a fire in California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park during […]

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