Wildfire: It's not spreading like wildfire
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 15:00
in Earth & Climate
A new analysis of global data related to wildfire reveals major misconceptions about wildfire and its social and economic impacts. Researchers carried out detailed analysis of global and regional data on fire occurrence, severity and its impacts on society. They found that global area burned has seen an overall slight decline over past decades, despite some notable regional increases.