Drought, Not ‘Old Chaparral,’ Aiding Wildfires
Decades of 'fuel management' have been ineffective in preventing wildfires, scientists say, and in all likelihood make the blazes more likely and more devastating.
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Media Cool to Linking Wildfires, Climate Change
In the wake of some devastating blazes, Sam Kornell asks why few major media properties have explored the connection between the changing complexion of wildfires and climate change.
Expect Insurance Rates to Get Hot, Hot, Hot
Climate change is likely to raise more than just the world's temperature — changing conditions in the Western U.S. leading to more and more severe wildfires will raise insurance rates, too.
To Manage Wildfires, Manage Change First
Humans have shown they're pretty much serial bunglers when it comes to managing fire, but some fire ecologists say that with global warming, mankind now really needs to learn how to manage change.
Smokey’s Legacy: Are Forests Contributing to Climate Change?
While it's widely acknowledged that forests can be useful for holding carbon, they release phenomenal amounts of greenhouse gases when they burn.