Publication: N.Y. Times

UCLA Expert: Morgan Tingley: Associate Professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Synopsis: The article discusses the reasons for the increased number of wildfires in the Western U.S.

UCLA News: There’s not necessarily an increase in the number of fires in the West, “but the fires are bigger, more severe, and last longer, so the total area burned per year is rapidly increasing,” said Tingley, who studies the effects of wildfire on Western ecosystems.

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