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Why wildfires started by human activities can be more destructive and harder to contain

  • Written by Virginia Iglesias, Interim Earth Lab Director, University of Colorado Boulder
imageHeavy equipment working near dry brush sparked a destructive wildfire near Riverside, Calif., in September 2024.AP Photo/Eric Thayer

Wildfires are becoming increasingly destructive across the U.S., as the country is seeing in 2024. Firefighters were battling large blazes in several states from California to North Dakota in early October 2024, includ...

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