Fire suppression is exacerbating wildfire severity in the US

Fire suppression is exacerbating wildfire severity in the US West: Study

Fire suppression activities are causing future blazes to burn at higher severity and under more hostile conditions — worsening the impacts of climate change, a new study has found. Although suppression efforts minimize the overall area burned, they virtually eliminate the possibility for low- and moderate-intensity fires, according to the study, published on Monday in Nature…

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Mark Kreider , Andrew Larson , Philip Higuera , University Of Montana , Nature Communications , Fire Suppression , Uppression Activities , Fire Severity , Fuel Accumulation , Climate Change ,

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