Wildfires
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A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire that burns in wildland vegetation, often in rural areas.
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Wildfires
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How wildfires contaminate drinking water sources, CU Boulder Today
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Ecosystems could once bounce back from wildfires. Now, they're being wiped out for good, Science
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California fires in 2020, by the numbers - CalMatters
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Southern California wildfires force evacuation of nearly 1,000 homes
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Growing wildfires pose new problems for water supply - Los Angeles Times
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A Recipe for Ancient Wildfires - JSTOR Daily
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Wildfires are getting worse globally. How California compares - Los Angeles Times
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By the numbers: Unprecedented devastation of California's wildfires
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Ranchers and farmers would help state fight wildfires under proposal in Legislature - Washington State Standard
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Increasingly Large and Intense Wildfires Hinder Western Forests' Ability to Regenerate - Inside Climate News
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Canadian wildfires put nearly 60 million US residents under air quality alerts
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Wildfires
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Human-caused climate change at the center of recent California wildfires
Canada's wildfires blacken thousands of square miles, upend lives