植物学家在15年寻找保存后发现了罕见的死亡谷种子. Botanist finds rare Death Valley sage seeds after 15-year search for preservation.

植物学家Naomi Fraga在加利福尼亚州的植物园里工作了15年, 她试图从罕见的死亡谷中收集种子. 这是一种来自加利佛尼亚恶劣沙漠环境的植物, Botanist Naomi Fraga of the California Botanic Garden has spent over 15 years attempting to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, a plant native to California’s harsh desert environments, for preservation in a seed vault. 尽管Fraga在一次探险中失败了很多次, 但自2009年以来第一次发现种子. Despite repeated failures, Fraga found seeds for the first time since 2009 during a late-March expedition to the Nopah Range. 她计划带着一支团队回来, 进行更大规模的收获, 强调在气候变化和息地退化的日益关注中保护该物种是非常紧迫的. She plans to return with a team for a larger harvest, emphasizing the urgency of safeguarding the species amid growing concerns about climate change and habitat degradation.