Nine months later, what was a barren, black-and-white landscape is now bursting with new life, a vibrant green beginning to cover the charred evidence of the fire. The response is exciting, U.S.

Géo optimiste pour la nature, a special section of the French magazine Géo, has also published the article in French.

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