Fire suppression fueled California’s destructive 2020 wildfires: Study
The 2020 wildfires that incinerated a record 4.3 million acres in California harken to centuries past when huge swaths of the state burned annually, researchers have found, but today’s climate-driven conflagrations are far more destructive to the environment and human health. “California is in for a very smoky future, and the continued resilience and even persistence of numerous terrestrial ecosystems is not assured,” concluded a new study published in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography …
- New York Times: Why Climate Change Makes It Harder to Fight Fire With Fire
- UC Davis News: New research: California’s 2020 wildfire season
- Nevada Appeal: Officials – Nevada can expect rough wildfire season