Forest fires have crept higher up mountains over the past few decades, scorching areas previously too wet to burn, according to researchers from McGill University. As wildfires advance uphill, a staggering 11% of all Western U.S. forests are now at risk.

Classified as: climate change, global warming, high-elevation forests, Forest fire, wildfire, Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, Jan Adamowski, Sustainability
Published on: 15 Jun 2021

As far back as the time of the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago, forests recovered from fires in the same manner they do today, according to a team of researchers from McGill University and the Royal Saskatchewan Museum.

Classified as: dinosaurs, Redpath Museum, Emily Bamforth, Forest fire, Hans Larsson, Royal Saskatchewan Museum
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Published on: 5 Jun 2014
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