优胜美地大火,3000年的巨杉森林告危
A wildfire in California's Yosemite National Park has expanded five-fold over the weekend, threatening the world's oldest sequoia trees.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 11, 2022
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A wildfire near Yosemite National Park is creeping closer to a grove of iconic sequoia trees that have been in the region for thousands of years. https://t.co/uCelDJ4cNY pic.twitter.com/Q6JSpjiF6F
— ABC News (@ABC) July 11, 2022
菲利普表示,起火的原因正在调查中,公园其他地区仍然开放,近300名消防员在两架洒水直升机和施放灭火剂的飞机协助下尝试控制火势。
巨杉曾经被认为是不怕火的,但随着干旱因气候变迁加剧,以及受到加州过去一个世纪以来采取的灭火措施的影响,愈来愈具破坏性野火让巨杉变得脆弱。过去两年来,闪电引发的野火已经让加州五分之一的巨杉被焚毁。
Firefighters race to defend ancient sequoias from 2,300-acre Washburn fire in Yosemite https://t.co/zEq676Eq3k
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 11, 2022
菲利普说:我们的首要任务是保护巨杉和瓦沃纳区(Wawona)。
菲利普指出,优胜美地一向采取策略性焚烧(prescribed burns)来清除巨杉森林周围多余的灌木丛。
据了解,优胜美地火灾的烟雾已逐渐飘向太浩湖地区(Lake Tahoe)。
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