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Crews continue to battle the 3,221-acre Washburn fire in #Yosemite National Park.
But officials were growing more confident that the #MariposaGrove of ancient #sequoias would survive the blaze.
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But officials were growing more confident that the #MariposaGrove of ancient #sequoias would survive the blaze.
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Nearly 700 firefighters were battling the blaze from the air and the ground, including setting backfires, laying hand lines and using bulldozers to create barriers, officials said.
The fire was 22% contained Tuesday morning.
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The fire was 22% contained Tuesday morning.
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For days, all eyes had been on two high-priority areas threatened by the creeping flames: the community of Wawona, which remains under mandatory evacuation orders, and the Mariposa Grove, home to more than 500 mature sequoias.
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1. Firefighters in California are in a desperate battle to defend giant sequoias
Like glaciers or coral reefs, it is another example where climate change threatens some of the most beautiful sights on our planet.
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#Sequoia #wildfires #California #ClimateCrisis
Like glaciers or coral reefs, it is another example where climate change threatens some of the most beautiful sights on our planet.
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#Sequoia #wildfires #California #ClimateCrisis
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2. The changing climate changes the planet, including some of the most beautiful sights that you may see in your lives.
From the magnificent glaciers in the mountains to the coral reefs in the oceans, we destroy the most iconic examples of nature.
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2. The changing climate changes the planet, including some of the most beautiful sights that you may see in your lives.
From the magnificent glaciers in the mountains to the coral reefs in the oceans, we destroy the most iconic examples of nature.
theplanet.substack.com/p/firefighters…
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3. I remember how amazed I was in the 1990s when seeing some of these enormous trees in California.
Standing on the forest floor and looking up, they seemed to grow into infinity.
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#nature #forests #SequoiaNationalPark #California #hiking
3. I remember how amazed I was in the 1990s when seeing some of these enormous trees in California.
Standing on the forest floor and looking up, they seemed to grow into infinity.
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#nature #forests #SequoiaNationalPark #California #hiking
