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Skip the fireworks this record-dry 4th of July, over 150 wildfire scientists urge the US West

  • Written by Philip Higuera, Professor of Fire Ecology and Paleoecology, The University of Montana
imageIn heat and drought like the western U.S. and Canada are experiencing in 2021, all it takes is a spark to start a wildfire.Jim Watson/Getty Images

The heat wave hitting the northwestern U.S. and Canada has been shattering records, with temperatures 30 degrees Fahrenheit or more above normal. With drought already gripping the West, the intense heat...

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