The future of wildfires in a warming world

ENN
Oct 14, 2015, 9:35 am81 pts
The history of wildfires over the past 2,000 years in a northern Colorado mountain range indicates that large fires will continue to increase as a result of a warming climate, according to a new study led by a University of Wyoming doctoral student.“What our research shows is that even modest regional warming…

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