California's 2020 wildfire season

ScienceDaily
May 4, 2022, 6:45 pm294 ptsTrending
A new study summarizing the 2020 California wildfire year said just over 9,900 wildfires burned 4.3 million acres in 2020. That's twice the previous record but only average compared to burn rates before Euro-American settlement. Fire severity is the far greater concern.

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