In the warming West, climate most significant factor in fanning wildfires' flames
Friday, June 26, 2009 - 08:49
in Earth & Climate
The recent increase in area burned by wildfires in the Western United States is a product not of higher temperatures or longer fire seasons alone, but a complex relationship between climate and fuels that varies among different ecosystems, according to a study conducted by U.S. Forest Service and university scientists.
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