Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years
- Written by: Philip Higuera, Professor of Fire Ecology and Paleoecology, The University of Montana
Colorado's East Troublesome Fire jumped the Continental Divide on Oct. 22, 2020, and eventually became Colorado's second-largest fire on record.Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth ObservatoryThe exceptional drought in the U.S. West has people across the region on edge after the record-setting fires of 2020. Last year, Colorado alone saw its three largest...
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