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Sep 2020
24m 24s

A Self-Perpetuating Cycle of Wildfires

The New York Times
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When many in California talk about this year’s wildfires, they describe the color — the apocalyptic, ominous, red-orange glow in the sky. The state’s current wildfires have seen two and a half million acres already burned. Climate change has made conditions ripe for fires: Temperatures are higher and the landscape drier. But the destruction has also become ... Show More
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