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Human Presence Diminishes the Importance of Climate in Determining U.S. Fire Activity

2018 Research Brief

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In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers with the Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Geological Survey showed that, across the U.S. on landscapes dominated by humans, climate has played a relatively small role in determining wildfire activity.


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This brief was written by Jon Keeley, Marti Witter, and Liz van Mantgem, and produced by the CFSC.

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Syphard, A., J.E. Keeley, A. Pfaff, and K. Ferschweiler. 2017. Human presence diminishes importance of climate in driving fire activity across the United States. PNAS 114(52):13750-13755.