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# Climate(Long read)

After the fires, the boreal forest learns to grow back

The first shoots came up even before the end of summer. Fireweed, a small pink flower, colonizes the burned soil and heralds the return of the forest.

Fireweed in bloom at the foot of burned trees after a forest fire
Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wikimedia Commons, public domain

The first shoots came up even before the end of summer. Fireweed, a small pink flower, colonizes the burned soil and heralds the return of the forest.

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