May 19, 2021
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(NEW YORK) Climate change may be bringing forest fires back from the dead after a long winter buried underground, according to a new study.
Zombie forest fires a fire that smolders beneath the surface during the winter and reignites when temperatures warm are becoming more frequent due to warming temperatures, scientists have discovered.
While forest fires are typically viewed in the context of a single fire season, researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam wanted to determine how much zombie fires contribute to fire activity and whether they are connected to climate change, Rebecca Scholten, an earth system scientist at the university and co-author of the new study published Wednesday in
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