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Ph.D. candidate Nitin Kumar holds a blow torch to a lab-made earth block. Wildfire, in one way or another, touches nearly everyone who lives in California and, increasingly, the West. This map illustration, showing the fire risk in California, is drawn from the state’s Fire Hazard Severity Zone map and USDA Forest Service’s Wildfire Hazard Potential map. Credit: Russ Thebaud/UC Davis Those of us living in California last fall can recall awakening to orange skies and smoke that blanketed nea...

The House That Doesn’t Burn Turning Mud into Wildfire Resilient Housing by Kat Kerlin June 30, 2021 Wildfire, in one way or another, touches nearly everyone who lives in California and, increasingly, the West. This map illustration, showing the fire risk in California, is drawn from the state’s Fire Hazard Severity Zone map and USDA Forest Service’s Wildfire Hazard Potential map. (Russ Thebaud/UC Davis) Those of us living in California last fall can recall awakening to orange skies and s...