Elizabeth Azzuz
Author
Language
English
Description
Beyond the normal destructive wildfire is the megafire which covers at least 100,000 acres and burns at a high rate of intensity. Before 1995, less than one megafire per year ignited in the US. From 2005 to 2014, the average has risen to 9.8 megafires a year. Increasing in frequency for the past decade, these fires are baked into our future.
Wilder Than Wild reveals how fuel build-up and climate change have exposed Western woodlands to these megafires...