Is it too late to defuse the danger of megafires? - Forests in the southwest have become a fuel stockpile. a century of U.S. forest service policy of quashing all fires has allowed forests to become overgrown, and now a warming climate is making the problem worse. Scientists are trying to defuse these green time bombs. is it too late?
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Drought and Fire
Severe summer drought recalls damaging dust bowl days. - Over the past six weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has
designated 1,821 counties in 35 states as disaster areas, at least 1,692
of them due to drought. the agency is calling it the worst drought in
more than 50 years.
Is it too late to defuse the danger of megafires? - Forests in the southwest have become a fuel stockpile. a century of U.S. forest service policy of quashing all fires has allowed forests to become overgrown, and now a warming climate is making the problem worse. Scientists are trying to defuse these green time bombs. is it too late?
Is it too late to defuse the danger of megafires? - Forests in the southwest have become a fuel stockpile. a century of U.S. forest service policy of quashing all fires has allowed forests to become overgrown, and now a warming climate is making the problem worse. Scientists are trying to defuse these green time bombs. is it too late?
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