Many forests will become highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year unless we cut emissions, research finds

By Hamish Clarke, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Anne Griebel, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Western Sydney University
Matthias Boer, Professor, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
Rachael Helene Nolan, Senior research fellow, Western Sydney University
Víctor Resco de Dios, Profesor de ingeniería forestal y cambio global, Universitat de Lleida

Climate change is raising the number of days the Earth passes crucial thresholds of fire risk. But urgently cutting emissions can avoid the worst.

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