wildfire
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Biology
Dead trees in Yellowstone increase wildfire risk
Output map of distance cumulative calculation from point and line fragility criteria. (a) Distance to roads, (b) Distance to trails, (c) Distance to water, (d) Distance to buildings. Credit: Di Yang et al. Dead trees in Yellowstone National Park increase the risk of wildfires, especially near park infrastructure. A new study published in Forest Ecosystems examines how these dead trees…
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Environment
Wildfire risk increases as trees reclaim eastern U.S. landscape
Credit: Deep Rajwar on Pexels There are more trees and shrubs in the eastern United States than there were 30 years ago. This growth, driven by processes such as unmanaged forest trees and understory reclamation, is fueling wildfire outbreaks and contributing to changes in fire regimes in the eastern half of the country, according to a new study. Some parts…
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Environment
‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Portuguese village destroyed by wildfire
Wildfires in northern Portugal threaten lives and homes. The wildfires ravaging the Aveiro region in northern Portugal are one of the worst in a generation for local residents, who are feeling helpless in the face of a wall of flames. In the village of Busturenga, where smoke was so thick in some places it was difficult to see dozens of…
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