The fastest-growing and most destructive fires in the US (2001 to 2020)

The most destructive and deadly wildfires in US history were also fast. Using satellite data, we analyzed the daily growth rates of more than 60,000 fires from 2001 to 2020 across the contiguous US. Nearly half of the ecoregions experienced destructive fast fires that grew more than 1620 hectares in...

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Published in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 386; no. 6720; p. 425
Main Authors:	Balch, Jennifer K, Iglesias, Virginia, Mahood, Adam L, Cook, Maxwell C, Amaral, Cibele, DeCastro, Amy, Leyk, Stefan, McIntosh, Tyler L, Nagy, R Chelsea, St Denis, Lise, Tuff, Ty, Verleye, Erick, Williams, A Park, Kolden, Crystal A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 25.10.2024
ISSN:	1095-9203, 1095-9203
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