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1. education.nationalgeographic.org › resourceWildfires: How They Form, and Why They're so Dangerous

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   Oct 19, 2023 · Four out of five wildfires are started by people, but dry weather, drought, and strong winds can create a recipe for the perfect disaster—which can transform a spark into a weeks- or months-long blaze that consumes tens of thousands of acres. Another possible cause of forest fires is lightning. Scientists have found that every degree of ...

2. www.smithsonianmag.com › science-nature › whyWhy Wildfires Are Burning Hotter and Longer | Smithsonian

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   Nov 30, 2023 · Klimek: Prescribed burns are gaining momentum as a possible solution to dangerous wildfires. The idea is to thin out things like underbrush and low tree limbs that are so good at stoking wildfire ...

3. www.wilderness.org › articles › blog3 reasons wildfires are getting more dangerous—and 3 ways to ...

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   • Climate change is turning up the heat. You’re not imagining things: wildfires are getting bigger and more destructive. One of the main forces driving this trend is climate change, which has intensified summertime droughts; reduced the mountaintop snowpack, making fire seasons longer; and even increased lightning strikes that can trigger big fires in tinder-dry forests.
   • Development is encroaching on forests and wildlands. As communities grow, more development is happening near forests, grasslands or other wild landscape.
   • We’re not managing forests properly. For many decades, federal agencies’ dominant strategy for dealing with wildfires was to prevent them or fight them whenever they popped up.

4. www.forbes.com › sites › monicasandersWhy Wildfires Are Becoming More Frequent And Devastating - Forbes

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   2 days ago · An area burns from the Jennings Creek Wildfire on November 13, 2024. Getty Images. Rising temperatures, dry weather and prolonged droughts are fueling more frequent, intense wildfires across the U ...

5. theconversation.com › why-wildfires-are-gettingWhy wildfires are getting more dangerous - The Conversation

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   Aug 7, 2024 · Fires beget more fires because of their influence on the local climate. The same is true on a global scale: as forests burn, they release the carbon they stored while growing. More carbon in the ...

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6. www.nationalgeographic.com › science › articleWildfires: How They Form, And Why They're So Dangerous

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   Oct 11, 2017 · Four out of five wildfires are started by people, but dry weather, drought, and strong winds can create a recipe for the perfect disaster—which can transform a spark into a weeks- or months-long ...

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   What makes a wildfire a fire?

   • Firefighters refer to it as the fire triangle: fuel, oxygen, and a heat source. Four out of five wildfires are started by people, but dry weather, drought, and strong winds can create a recipe for the perfect disaster—which can transform a spark into a weeks- or months-long blaze that consumes tens of thousands of acres.

   Wildfires: How They Form, and Why They're so Dangerous - Education

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   Why are wildfires so dangerous?

   • Deadlier wildfire is just one of a host of consequences arising from our unchecked use of fossil fuels like oil and coal. All that activity ends up dumping more and more heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, warming the planet and super-charging the conditions that give rise to extreme weather events.

   3 reasons wildfires are getting more dangerous—and 3 ways to make

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   Are wildfires good or bad?

   • Since 1975 the number of fires ignited by lightning has increased between two and five percent. Historically, wildfires are actually supposed to be beneficial to certain natural landscapes, clearing underbrush in forests and triggering the release of seeds in some plant species, such as the Jack pine.

   Wildfires: How They Form, And Why They're So Dangerous

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   Are wildfires getting bigger and more destructive?

   • You’re not imagining things: wildfires are getting bigger and more destructive. One of the main forces driving this trend is climate change, which has intensified summertime droughts; reduced the mountaintop snowpack, making fire seasons longer; and even increased lightning strikes that can trigger big fires in tinder-dry forests.

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   Are wildfires clogged with plant material?

   • But because of a long history of short-sighted fire suppression policies, some areas, where less-severe wildfires once cycled through the landscape every so often as part of a natural process of rebirth and renewal, are now clogged with plant material that ends up fueling hotter, more destructive blazes.

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   Can a wildfire cause rain?

   • The parched atmosphere above a wildfire may not produce rain, but the “dry lightning” it does yield will seed new fires in dry grass and brush. The air rising from a wildfire is also buffeted by winds which can make “fire whirls”: flaming vortices resembling tornadoes which scatter hot ash and spread fire further.

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8. www.nytimes.com › 2021/07/16 › climateWildfires Are Intensifying. Here’s Why, and What Can Be Done.

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   Jul 16, 2021 · Fire will always run uphill, so the team lights at the highest point. That way, the flames stay short and controlled until they burn out. “Watch out — rattlesnake.