The worst fire season yet pushed the iconic trees to their limits. "There’s a future for these trees,” an expert says. But it will require dealing with 100 plus years of fire and climate mismanagement.
On California’s fall fire days — days with high temperatures and wind speeds, as well as low humidity — all it takes is a spark from a downed power line to start an inferno. New research indicates that they’re about to become a lot more common.
A federal appeals court seemed inclined Wednesday to allow some California cities and counties to sue oil companies for allegedly deceiving the public for decades about their industry's impact on greenhouse gases and climate change.
Weather extremes and harvesting continue to thin the ancient forests. Scientists are studying the redwood’s massive and complex genetic code as a possible way to save them.
