Friday, August 02, 2013

A Nation On Fire: Climate Change And The Burning Of America | ThinkProgress

A Nation On Fire: Climate Change And The Burning Of America | ThinkProgress:

"Climate change is altering the fundamentals in the West, bringing higher temperatures, earlier snowmelt that extends the fire season, severe and prolonged drought, and insect infestations that kill millions of acres of trees. Combined with scant evidence that policymakers at all levels of government are attacking the problems of fuels and population shifts into the WUI, there seems to be little prospect that the growing extent of wildfires will be stemmed."

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