As fires rage across the state of California, many are wondering how management could improve to reduce the risk in the future. Traditional fire management is being increasingly embraced in Australia, which could help inspire California.
Spain has seen tens of thousands of acres of forests burned by fires this summer — a problem made worse by the lack of rain and budget cuts that have cut into the resources the country can afford to put toward fire prevention and suppression.
A new study out of Texas Tech University found that all corners of the world aren’t in fact equal in terms of how climate change will alter the risk for wildfires. In fact, while the United States will see — and is seeing — an increase in wildfires, other parts of the world are in line to see their wildfires decrease.