FEWER FOREST FIRES IN N. AMERICA TODAY THAN IN THE PAST

The findings may seem counterintuitive, but frequent low-lying surface fires often maintain balance in forests by reducing fuel sources across large areas, says Phys.org.  They show modern-day fires are much less frequent than they were in past centuries, despite recent record-breaking fire years, such as 2020. The results also reveal that much of the continent is in a substantial “fire deficit,” experiencing about 20% as much fire as in the past. Read more details here:

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