The Science of Wildfires


So, what is fire, exactly? What causes fires in the wild, and how do we put them out? SciShow answers your burning questions about the science of fire. (See what we did there?)

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Sources:
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fire-understanding.pdf
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2013/08/wildfires-projected-worsen-with-climate-change

http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/AFFM/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_165767.html
http://www.citylab.com/politics/2013/05/feds-are-fighting-forest-fires-wrong/5702/
http://www.onearth.org/article/forest-service-firefighting-policy-reversal
http://www.onearth.org/articles/2013/06/let-it-burn-is-the-best-wildland-fire-policy
http://www.livescience.com/26257-fighting-chaparral-fires-myths-busted.html

Fire scientists fight over what Western forests should look like


http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/31/2312591/climate-change-wildfires/
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059941462
http://www.borealforest.org/world/innova/forest_fire.htm
https://www.nifc.gov/PUBLICATIONS/communicators_guide/2%20Wildland%20fire%20overview.PDF

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/wood-ash-can-be-useful-yard-if-used-caution
http://www.epa.gov/burnwise/workshop2011/WoodCombustion-Curkeet.pdf
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http://www.epa.gov/burnwise/workshop2011/WoodCombustion-Curkeet.pdf
http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=2048

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