California scientists developed digital tools to map fire damage in the Mojave National Preserve. These new software programs help park managers focus restoration work on vulnerable desert plants. The ...

When the Dome Fire tore through the Mojave Desert in 2020, it reduced 1 million Eastern Joshua trees to blackened skeletons. Scientists expected the underground ecosystem to be equally devastated.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the Dome Fire swept across California's Mojave Desert in August 2020, it left behind a landscape few thought possible. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists take soil samples among a stand of Joshua trees in the Upper Covington Flat on a March weekend in Joshua Tree National ...

When UC Berkeley postdoctoral researchers Maya Zomer and Lucia Layritz first drove through burned portions of Mojave National Preserve in Southern California, the sight stunned them. "It looks like a ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. The burned area was considered one of the most climate-resilient refuges for the trees as the region grows hotter and drier amid climate change.

When the Dome Fire swept across California's Mojave Desert in August 2020, it left behind a landscape few thought possible. The lightning-caused wildfire burned more than 43,000 acres through the ...

Scientists take soil samples among a stand of Joshua trees in the Upper Covington Flat on a March weekend in Joshua Tree National Park. In the heart of the Mojave National Preserve, a scientist hunted ...

The 2020 Dome Fire burned more than 43,000 acres in California’s Mojave National Preserve and killed an estimated 1.3 million Eastern Joshua trees. Scientists expected the fire to devastate ...