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Fire and Water: Predicting Future Wildfires in a Changing ClimateScience · Life Science · Grades 6–8Reading

Successfully predicting where and when wildfires might occur is important. This prediction is important because of possible environmental and economic damage. As the climate warms, the possibility of wildfires might increase. The scientists in this study wanted to predict where and in what seasons wildfires might occur. Topics: Active Forest Management, Fire, Water, Climate, Drought, Modeling, Prescribed Fire, Wildfire.

From USDA Forest Service, Natural Inquirer · Public domain (US Gov) · original source

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