Firefighters light a controlled burn to destroy vegetation between homes and a fire in Big Bar, California
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California plans to thin out millions of acres of its forests to lessen the risk of destructive wildfires. But such efforts may not be moving fast enough to make up for the influence of climate change.
There are two main reasons California’s wildfires are growing larger and more damaging: hotter and more volatile weather due to climate change, and the buildup of…
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