'It's pretty rare that all three major networks mention climate change in the early days of reporting on an extreme weather event,' said theodorejay. 'As these events become more intense, let's keep pushing them to correctly include the climate context.'
the National Interagency Fire Center ,"tree mortality from 2013 to 2015 has left significant dead standing and dead fallen fuels."More than 545 firefighters were battling the blaze in a coordinated land and air attack, officials said. But [U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Stanley] Bercovitz said that thousands more from across the country are being called in.
There are currently 61 active conflagrations raging in eight states, including 48 in Alaska, where nearly two million acres have been torched in recent weeks. So far in 2022, more than 35,200 wildfires have burned nearly 4.7 million acres, which"continues to be well above average for both wildfires and acres burned," the NIFC"It's turning into a logistical nightmare to get people to work for a long season," said Bercovitz.
"Crews are making their way throughout the area, tasked with strategically planning containment lines to save hundreds of iconic sequoias," the outlet reported. One firefighter, standing in front of the Grizzly Giant, which he called"arguably one of the most famous trees on Earth," explained how his team set up a sprinkler system around the over 200-foot-tall tree to give it"preventative first aid." Crews are also removing dry vegetation from the ground near the trees, some of which are more than 2,000 years old, in a bid to slow the fire's spread and limit potential damage.on Sunday night.
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