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"The sequoias belong to the silences of the milleniums. Many of them have seen a hundred human generations rise, give off their little clamors and perish. They seem indeed to be forms of immortality standing here among the transitory shapes of time."
-Edwin Markham

Immortal as the monarchs of the forest may seem, the last two years have seen record numbers destroyed by fire. Today we interviewed and Alexis Bernal from and UC Berkeley's Stephens Lab about their research into Sequoia mortality and what might be done to prevent future losses.