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Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Human-ignited fires result in more extreme fire behavior and ecosystem impacts


In a Nature Communications article, researchers demonstrated in a standardized database of wildfire behavior for blazes from 2012–2018 that human-ignited fires contribute to more explosive growth in the first few days following ignition as compared to lightning-sparked wildfires.

Human-ignited fires result in more extreme fire behavior and ecosystem impacts

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