New study sheds light on California wildfire severity

A firefighter battles a California wildfire. Credit: NOAA
Anthony Leroy Westerling with NOAA CAP/RISA team California-Nevada Climate Applications Program (CNAP) co-authors publication titled, “Spatial and temporal patterns of wildfire burn severity and biomass burning-induced emissions in California.” Wildfires are an important disturbance in earth systems, but their increased frequency and magnitude in California prevents efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to improve air quality.
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