Humans sparked 84 percent of US wildfires, increased fire season over two decades

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 11:01 in Earth & Climate

Humans have dramatically increased the spatial and seasonal extent of wildfires across the US in recent decades and ignited more than 840,000 blazes in the spring, fall and winter seasons over a 21-year period, according to new research.

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