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High-severity fires burn 30 times more acreage than 40 years ago, researchers find
- June 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Forest fires now burn 10 times more acreage annually than in 1985, while wildfire severity has gotten even worse. In California, 30 times more acreage burned from high-severity, forest-killing fires, according to new UCLA research.
Originally published at Phys.org