Humans Responsible for More Wildfires than Lightning, Longer Fire Season and Expansion of ‘Fire Niche’

Monday, February 27, 2017 - 16:51 in Earth & Climate

A recent first-of-its-kind analysis of wildfire records over 20 years shows that human-started fires accounted for 84 percent of all wildfires, tripled the length of the fire season and dominated an area seven times greater ... Read more

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