Global Warming Increases Wildfire Risk
5 September 2002 - 3:00pm
Combined factors will tend to increase underbrush and fuel load.
"Global warming could increase forest undergrowth across the West and lead to more wildfires, according to a new study.Higher temperatures accompanied by increased precipitation and rising carbon dioxide levels could boost fuel loads of brush and other undergrowth caused by decades of fire suppression, researchers say."
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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 5, 2002
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