Severe forest fires have increased eightfold in western US since 1985, study finds

In a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, a research ecologist with the USFS used satellite data to determine that the area burned at high severity by wildfires across the western US accelerated eight-fold between 1985 and 2017.

Severe forest fires have increased eightfold in western US since 1985, study finds

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