Alistairms Smith News Today

RENO — Researchers attempting to help predict how the wildfire hazard will change due to various factors over the next several decades have some good news, and some bad news. Good news is, wildfire occurrence and intensity will likely decrease in several locations in the future.

Plants use carbon dioxide to grow and as the greenhouse gas increases in the atmosphere over the next two decades, so will fire hazards in the West, a University of Nevada Reno researcher reported. That...