Forest fire activity in California's Sierra Nevada since 1600 has been influenced more by how humans used the land than by climate, according to new research led by University of Arizona and Penn State scientists.
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Nov 14, 2016
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The "firefighting trap" is a term often used by business managers to describe a shortsighted cycle of problem-solving: dealing with "fires," or problems, as they arise, but failing to address the underlying cause, thereby ...
Environment
Nov 20, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Some high mountain meadows in the Pacific Northwest are declining rapidly due to climate change, a study suggests, as reduced snowpacks, longer growing seasons and other factors allow trees to invade these unique ...
Environment
Nov 2, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change has had a significant effect on mountain vegetation at low elevations in the past 60 years, according to a study done by the University of California at Davis, the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
Environment
Oct 25, 2010
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Even as debate rages over the safety of Australia's "Prepare, stay and defend, or leave early" policy of wildfire defense, fire researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and in Australia say that the strategy ...
Environment
Feb 26, 2009
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For a century fire ecologists have worked to decipher a complex question—what does a "normal'' wildfire year look like in the West? That's a hard question to answer for many reasons, but new research from a team in the ...
Ecology
Dec 4, 2023
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Prescribed fire, which mimics natural fire regimes, can help improve forest health and reduce the likelihood of catastrophic wildfire. But this management tool is underused in the fire-prone U.S. West and Baja California, ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 15, 2023
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When ferocious wildfires tore through California's prized giant sequoia forests, they killed towering trees that have lived there for thousands of years—and perhaps changed the nature of the groves forever.
Ecology
Sep 4, 2023
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The trees in Northern California's Klamath Mountains are not keeping up with climate change. Instead, many tree species are in decline, losing the race due to climate warming and decades of fire suppression.
Ecology
Aug 17, 2022
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In the 1950s, when University of California forestry professor Harold Biswell experimented with prescribed burns in the state's pine forests, many people thought he was nuts.
Environment
Jun 22, 2021
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