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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-05-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30030-2 |