Traumatized trees: Bug them enough, they get fired up
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 13:21
in Earth & Climate
Whether forests are dying back, or just drying out, projections for warming show the Pacific Northwest is primed for more wildfires. Fuels built up after a century of rushing to suppress fires have long been pointed to as the reason, but starting in the early 1990s climate appears to have become a contributing factor.