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Colonisation, not climate change, first primed forests to burn
Original: Colonisation, not climate change, first primed these forests to burn
A new article argues that colonisation, rather than climate change, was the first factor that made certain forests prone to burning. It suggests colonial land practices disrupted traditional fire management and reshaped forest conditions long before modern warming intensified fire risk. The piece is prompting discussion about how history and ecology should both factor into current debates over wildfires and land management.
Why now: Ongoing wildfire concerns and debates over the historical causes of fire-prone landscapes have put attention on this research.
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- Colonisation, not climate change, first primed these forests to burn · The Conversation
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