Moises Velasquez-Manoff

writer

Journalist and author of An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases

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California’s redwoods are some of the oldest and largest trees in the world. Some activists and scientists are hoping to save them by planting new redwoods in other places.

Redwoods are thousands of years old. Can we save them amid climate change?

California’s redwoods are some of the oldest and largest trees in the world. Some activists and scientists are hoping to save them by planting new redwoods in other places.

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