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Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
April 1, 2020
Study synthesizes what climate change means for Northwest wildfires
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A University of Washington study, published this winter in Fire Ecology, takes a big-picture look at what climate change could mean for wildfires in the Northwest, considering Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana.