climate change and deforestation

In the late 19th century, when the world was only beginning to realize how destructive human interference with nature could be, a tree stood in a corner of North America that seemed eternal. It was a giant sequoiadendron — a tree whose roots had witnessed centuries of changing eras, wars and discoveries, the rise and fall of civilizations. It had survived storms, fires, and … [Read more...] about The Last Giant: The Story of a Tree That Survived Centuries — but Not Humans