How Wildfires are Changing Boreal Forests and Increasing Emissions
Boreal forests are changing along with our climate.
Boreal forests are changing along with our climate.
Using climate models and centuries of paleoclimate data (between 1571 to 2013), researchers looked at moisture patterns and atmospheric wind conditions to assess future fire danger in California.
Approximately 84% of wildfires in the United States that required help by firefighters between 1992 and 2012 were caused by humans according to a recent study.