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Human use of fire has produced an era of uncontrolled burning: Welcome to the Pyrocene

  • Written by Stephen Pyne, Emeritus Professor of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
imageFirefighters work near the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles on Jan. 11, 2025.Peyman Fakhraei/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Los Angeles is burning, but it isn’t alone. In recent years, fires have blasted through cities in Colorado, the southern Appalachians and the island of Maui, along with Canada, Australia, Portugal and Greece. What...

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