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Apr 2, 2024 · A wildfire is an uncontrolled burn of vegetation, which includes the burning of forests, shrublands and grasslands, savannas, and croplands. Wildfires can be caused by human activity — such as arson, unattended fires, or the loss of control of planned burns — and natural causes, such as lightning.
Dec 8, 2020 · Now, an analysis of high-resolution satellite data from hundreds of California wildfires shows human-caused blazes spread much faster and kill more trees than ones ignited by lightning.
Jun 8, 2023 · Canada's wildfires could impact air quality in the U.S. for days, Experts say human activity, not lightning, likely started most of the fires.
Nov 1, 2023 · Statewide, 95 percent of all wildfires are reportedly human-caused. Thomas, along with Brent Skaggs, a retired U.S. Forest Service forest fire management officer, used public Forest...
Aug 23, 2023 · While human activity can ignite fires, human changes to the landscape — like roads, cities, even cropland — can impede the spread of wildfires because there’s less fuel. Efforts to suppress fires in populated regions such as the western U.S. have also played a role in this decline.
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Jun 8, 2023 · Wildfires typically start either from lightning or from human activity, according to fire expert and Queen’s University fellow Edward Struzik. Struzik said that lightning ignites between a...
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Sep 4, 2020 · Though some wildfires are triggered naturally, humans are responsible for an estimated 75% of all wildfires. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is attributed to negligence, while in the tropics, fires are often set intentionally to clear land for agriculture.
