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Climate, SAN NewsIncreasing wildfire area burned amid a fire deficit in North American forests
[ad_1] Although wildfires have burned increasing land area in recent decades, a new Nature Communications study found a persistent fire deficit in many North American forest ecosystems. This means that forests today experience fewer fires than they did historically due to decades of fire suppression, land use changes, and the disruption of traditional burning practices.
