Study Finds Damage, Pollution from Western Wildfires Could Surge With Moderate Global Warming
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JULY 29, 2009
This potential leap in destructiveness and pollution—mainly from an increase in wildfire frequency—is forecast by computer models calculating impacts of moderate global warming on western US wildfire patterns and atmospheric chemistry. The increase is due mainly to the simulated rise in wildfire frequency in the future, warmer climate.
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