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These trees can survive a forest fire

2015-09-08 16:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mother Nature Network: When a wildfire ravaged nearly 50,000 acres of forest in Andilla, Spain, in 2012, experts were devastated by the loss. The area had been used for decades to study the effects of a pathogenic fungus on more than 50 types of Mediterranean cypress. However, when researchers arrived, they found that not all of the trees had been consumed. About 946 cypresses, surrounded by the burned remains of thousands of other trees, remained bright and green. "On our way to what we knew would be a Dante-esque scene...

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