The WSU scientists hope their research will help managers better assess where, when, and how they should allocate resources when there is a beetle outbreak in a forest.
Wildfire has always been a natural part of California's ecosystem. But a historical lack of forest management combined with climate change and human activity has contributed to larger and more destructive fires in recent years.
With eight of the ten largest and deadliest fires occurring in the past 5 years, authorities, governments and researchers are scrambling for solutions to this crisis
Plants use carbon dioxide to grow and as the greenhouse gas increases in the atmosphere over the next two decades, so will fire hazards in the West, a University of Nevada Reno researcher reported. That.