Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Experts Discuss the Effects of Climate Change on Wildfires in the West

THE NUMBER OF TREES IN CALIFORNIA’S SIERRA NEVADA FORESTS KILLED BY DROUGHT, A BARK BEETLE EPIDEMIC AND WARMER TEMPERATURES HAS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED LAST YEAR, RAISING FEARS THEY WILL FUEL CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES AND ENDANGER PEOPLE’S LIVES.
PACIFICA’S GREGOIRE HUET HAS A STORY.