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Environmental: Ecosystems Environmental: General Environmental: Wildfires Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Low-intensity fires reduce wildfire risk by 60%      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

High-intensity, often catastrophic, wildfires have become increasingly frequent across the Western U...

Ecology: General Ecology: Research Environmental: Wildfires
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Understanding the many different ways animals are evolving in response to fire could help conservation efforts      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

In our modern era of larger, more destructive, and longer-lasting fires -- called the Pyrocene -- pl ...

Environmental: Wildfires
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What's driving re-burns across California and the West? - What's Driving Re-burns Across California and the West?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Seasonal temperature, moisture loss from plants and wind speed are what primarily drive fires that s ...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Amazonia racing toward tipping point, fueled by unregulated fires - Amazonia Racing Toward Tipping Point, Fueled by Unregulated Fires      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Amazonia is closer to a catastrophic ecological tipping point than any time in the last 100,000 year...

Biology: Botany Offbeat: Earth and Climate Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Heat sensor protects the Venus flytrap from fire      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The sensory hairs of the Venus flytrap contain a heat sensor that warns the plant of bush fires. It ...

Biology: Microbiology Environmental: Wildfires Geoscience: Environmental Issues Offbeat: Earth and Climate
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Fungi blaze a trail to fireproof cladding      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists have shown it's possible to grow fungi in thin sheets that could be used for fire-retarda ...

Paleontology: Early Mammals and Birds
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Loss of ancient grazers triggered a global rise in fires - Loss of Ancient Grazers Triggered a Global Rise in Fires      (via sciencedaily.com) 

From 50,000 years to 6,000 years ago, many of the world's largest animals, including such iconic gra...

Geoscience: Landslides
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Drenching rains to pose greater threat to fire-damaged areas in West - Drenching Rains to Pose Greater Threat to Fire-Damaged Areas in West      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The western United States this century is facing a greatly heightened risk of heavy rains inundating...

Environmental: Wildfires Geoscience: Earthquakes Geoscience: Severe Weather
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Largest historic fire death toll belongs to aftermath of 1923 Japan Earthquake      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Fires that raged in the days following the 1 September 1923 magnitude 7.9 Kant earthquake killed rou ...