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A Single Fire Killed At Least 10% Of The World's Giant Sequoias, Study Says : NPR - 2 views

www.npr.org/...rlds-giant-sequoias-study-says

Sequoia fire

shared by ilanaprincilus06 on 06 Jun 21 - No Cached
  • At least a tenth of the world's mature giant sequoia trees were destroyed by a single California wildfire that tore through the southern Sierra Nevada last year,
  • a copy of the report that describes catastrophic destruction from the Castle Fire, which charred 273 square miles (707 square km) of timber in Sequoia National Park.
  • Researchers used satellite imagery and modeling from previous fires to determine that between 7,500 and 10,000 of the towering species perished in the fire. That equates to 10% to 14% of the world's mature giant sequoia population, the newspaper said.
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  • These trees have lived for thousands of years. They've survived dozens of wildfires already,"
  • The consequences of losing large numbers of giant sequoias could be felt for decades, forest managers said.
  • Redwood and sequoia forests are among the world's most efficient at removing and storing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
  • "I have a vain hope that once we get out on the ground the situation won't be as bad, but that's hope — that's not science," she said.
  • The newspaper said the extent of the damage to one of the world's most treasured trees is noteworthy because the sequoias themselves are incredibly well adapted to fire.
  • The old-growth trees — some of which are more than 2,000 years old and 250 feet (76 meters) tall — require fire to burst their pine cones and reproduce.
  • Brigham estimates that the park will need to burn around 30 times that number to get the forest back to a healthy state.
  • rhysrademaker22 on 07 Jun 21
     
    Wildfires destroy forests all the time, what surprised me the most about this article was the fact that between 7,500 and 10,000 of the towering species perished in the fire that is just mind-blowing to me.
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The craft beer firm with a thirst for global growth - BBC News - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...business-43196787

shared by runlai_jiang on 11 Mar 18 - No Cached
  • Walking into a bar in India, it is hard to miss the bottles of Bira 91 beer. Featuring a cartoon monkey with a punk hairdo and one eye smaller than the other, the labels read: "Imagined in India".Despite only launching in 2015, Bira 91 is now immensely popular across a country dominated by ubiquitous Kingfisher.Entrepreneur Ankur Jain started the brand when he moved back to his native New Delhi after 10 years living in New York.
  • By the end of last year, annual production had increased 30-fold to 300,000 barrels of five different beers, and the company's annual revenues had reached $30m.At the same time Bira 91 had secured $35m of external investment, including from US venture capital firm Sequoia Capital.
  • To do this Mr Jain decided to flatten the organisational structure of the business. His fellow directors saw their senior job titles and assigned seats in offices taken away, and now employees at Bira 91 sit around the same dinner tables, allowing junior and senior employees to freely exchange ideas.
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