In the last 40 years, 9% of forests across the American West have died, mostly due to wildfires. Fires have turned from natural processes of ecosystem management, to crises, due to a combination of climate change and human interference with natural fires. https://bit.ly/469psL3
nationalgeographic.comHow Wildfire Is Erasing the Forests of the American WestThe Jemez Mountains in New Mexico survived centuries of wildfires--but are now slowly transforming into grasslands.
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