Climate activist Henry Emson says that when he became a father seven years ago, he was worried about his family’s effect on the environment. After doing some serious research he found the best way to eliminate their carbon footprint was by planting giant sequoia trees.
Ancient sequoia trees, which have been decimated by severe wildfires around California’s Sierra Nevada, are struggling to keep up with ever worsening conditions. And this summer, they could face their worst fate yet.
Firefighters were wrapping sequoias with aluminum insulation, digging protective lines around the titans and planning to light back burns to push away the approaching flames.
Scientists have discovered a giant sequoia still smoldering in California's Sequoia national forest, months after wildfires tore through the region last August.
With ancestors dating back to the Jurassic era, some of the trees that now grow along California's Sierra Nevada Mountains been alive for thousands of years, bearing witness to most of human history – from the fall of the Roman empire to the rise of Beyoncé.
