Hit it hard and fast: not always best - Wildfire Today wildfiretoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wildfiretoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Montana researchers say quick wildfire suppression leads to larger, more intense fires yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p>A new study from the University of Montana reveals how fire suppression ensures that wildfires will burn under extreme conditions at high severity, exacerbating the impacts of climate change and fuel accumulation.</p>
Fire suppression activities are causing future blazes to burn at higher severity and under more hostile conditions — worsening the impacts of climate change, a new study has found. Although suppression efforts minimize the overall area burned, they virtually eliminate the possibility for low- and moderate-intensity fires, according to the study, published on Monday in Nature…
New study reveals unintended consequences of fire suppression phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.