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Among the Iliad-sized list of things to which we can attribute California s worsening wildfires, you ve probably thought of the obvious climate change, the need to do more prescribed burns, and building homes and infrastructure in places that easily catch on fire. But there s another often-overlooked factor that may also be making wildfires worse: air pollution. Specifically, something called nitrogen deposition. YOU RE FERTILIZING INVASIVE WEEDS WITH YOUR CAR Say you re driving down the 101, looking out the window at the golden hills of the San Fernando Valley. They re beautiful, but a lot of that yellow grass is actually invasive and has been in a long running war with native vegetation for supremacy of our mountains. Species such as red brome and cheatgrass have been taking over because they grow easily in a variety of conditions, and recover more quickly from fires than the native chaparral and coastal sage scrub that should be covering our hills. ....