E-Mail IMAGE: Wildfires are becoming more prolific and devastating. A Los Alamos study reveals dynamics that help practitioners predict and prevent fire. view more Credit: Courtesy of National Park Service LOS ALAMOS, N.M., January 27, 2021--A new 3D analysis shows that wildland fires flare up in forests populated by similar-sized trees or checkerboarded by large clearings and slow down where trees are more varied. The research can help fire managers better understand the physics and dynamics of fire to improve fire-behavior forecasts. "We knew fuel arrangement affected fire but we didn't know how," said Adam Atchley, lead author on a Los Alamos National Laboratory-led study published today in the