
Driven by climate change, fire reshapes US West
Driven by climate change, fire reshapes US West https://ift.tt/2NdxZpg In this Aug. 2, 2018, file photo, a tower of smoke pours from Cow Mountain as Burney, Calif., firefighter Bob May keeps a watch on surrounding vegetation for spot fires during the River wildfire near Lakeport, Calif. Wildfires that have long shaped the landscape of the U.S. West are getting bigger and burning longer – bringing more choking smoke, deadly mudslides and habitat loss. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP, File) Wildfires in the U.S. have charred more than 10,000 square miles so far this year, an area larger than the […]