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

‘Human-caused fires and natural fires could have different impacts. Here the authors report a geospatial analysis of lightning-ignited and human-ignited fires in California between 2012 and 2018, finding that the latter were more likely to develop under extreme conditions with larger ecosystem impac...

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Main Authors: Stijn Hantson, Niels Andela, Michael L. Goulden, James T. Randerson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30030-2