Climate change is narrowing the window for safe prescribed burns: study

Climate change affecting ability to prevent U.S. wildfires: study

Shifting weather patterns caused by climate change are limiting when controlled burns can be carried out to prevent wildfires in the western United States, a new study warns.Controlled burns, also known as prescribed fires, are a tool to preemptively dispose of combustible vegetation with the goal of preventing larger, uncontrolled fires.But they are only possible under specific conditions -- so-called burn windows -- when undergrowth is neither…

Climate change affecting ability to prevent US wildfires - study

Shifting weather patterns caused by climate change are limiting when controlled burns can be carried out to prevent wildfires in the western United States, a new study warns.

Climate change affecting ability to prevent US wildfires: Study

Shifting weather patterns caused by climate change are restricting when controlled burns can be carried out. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Controlled burns help prevent wildfires; Climate change is limiting their use

Climate change means the American West will have 17% fewer safe days to light prescribed fires for wildfire management, according to new research. Winter, however, will see a net 4% increase in the number of favorable days. Implementing controlled burns in the West will require changes to policy and the availability of firefighters.

Climate change is narrowing the window for safe prescribed burns: study

While prescribed burns are a critical tool in wildfire prevention, warming climate conditions are restricting the window of time in which they can be safely deployed, a new study has found. Kindled by highly trained firefighters, these controlled blazes help clear away excess dry plant matter that could otherwise catalyze what the study authors described…

Controlled burns help prevent wildfires, but climate change is limiting their use

Prescribed fires, sometimes called controlled burns, are one of the most common tools for preventing catastrophic wildfires in the Western United States. Lit by highly trained firefighters, they help clear away excess dry plant matter that might otherwise turn a healthy vegetation fire into a raging inferno.