Burning concerns; Drought, heat trigger jitters before fire season
Jan 22, 2013
FireEngineering.com -Experts such as Katharine Hayhoe, director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, say wildfires will most likely get worse in the western USA as climate change lowers rainfall, raises average temperatures and contributes to insect infestations that are killing millions of trees, leaving forests full of dry timber ready to ignite.
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