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Charcoal stored in preserved guano helps recreate region’s fire history

A view from below of a swarm of bats hanging from the ceiling of a rocky cave. One of them is yawning with its mouth wide open. Credit: R. Andrew King/USFWS, Public Domain As wildfires increase in frequency and intensity in many parts of the world, scientists are looking to the past to better understand when and where fires occurred.…