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The cost of climate change: ecosystem services and wildland fires
Little research has focused on the economic impact associated with climate-change induced wildland fire on natural ecosystems and the goods and services they provide. We examine changes in wildland fire patterns based on the U.S. Forest Service's…
Author(s): Christine Lee, Claire Schlemme, Jessica Murray, Robert Unsworth
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Playing with fire: how climate change and development patterns are contributing to the soaring costs of western wildfires
Strong scientific evidence shows that climate change is producing hotter, drier conditions that contribute to larger fires and longer fire seasons in the American West today. The annual number of large wildfires on federally managed lands in the 11…
Author(s): Rachel Cleetus, Kranti Mulik
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Climate and forest wildfire in the western US
This chapter has three goals. First, to define what climate, as opposed to weather, is, and to explain what this implies for climate versus weather forecasts. Second, to describe the scientific community’s current understanding of the relationships…
Author(s): Anthony L. Westerling
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