Ancient tree-ring records from southwest U.S. suggest today's megafires are truly unusual
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 09:30
in Earth & Climate
Todays mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new study that examined hundreds of years of ancient tree ring and fire data from two distinct climate periods.
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