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Prescription for Climate Change
This story is part of the Climate Research Series
Massive wildfires are on the rise and climate change is making them worse. But… wildfires aren’t naturally a bad thing. They clean up debris, bring back nutrients, and some trees need them to seed. The problem? They’re getting way too hot and severe. So, Duke experts are working on lighting forests on fire –
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