The firefighters light a checked burn to destroy the vegetation between the houses and a fire in Big Bar, in California
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California plans to clarify millions of acres from its forests to reduce the risk of destructive drilling fires. But such efforts may not move quickly enough to compensate for the influence of climate change.
There are two main reasons why California forest fires increase bigger and more harmful: warmer and more volatile weather due to climate change, and the accumulation of …
