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\nToday's wildfires burn, on average, twice the amount of land they did in 1970. The reason? We've been working too hard to put them out. Thanks to our Patreon patrons: - Today I Found Out - Jeff Straathof - Mark - Maarten Bremer -...\nToday's wildfires burn, on average, twice the amount of land they did in 1970. The reason? We've been working too hard to put them out. Thanks to our Patreon patrons: - Today I Found Out - Jeff Straathof - Mark - Maarten Bremer - BurmansHealthShop - Duhilio Patiño - Alberto Bortoni - Avi Yashchin - Valentin - Nicholas Buckendorf - Antoine Coeur And a final thank you to our Subbable supporters - - - @HealthBurmans - everclarity.com - Moti Lieberman - www.thelingspace.com - - HaplessHannah - www.youtube.com/HaplessHannah - siggimondo - Sigmund Leirvåg - Casey Zakroff - youtube.com/pHsquid - The Evangelical Potato Queen - - frog32 - ___________________________________________ Want to learn more about the topic in this week’s video? Here's a keyword/phrase to get your googling started: fuel ladder ___________________________________________ Credits (& Twitter handles): Script Writer: Peter Reich Script Editor: Emily Elert (@eelert) Video Illustrator: Ever Salazar (@eversalazar) Video Narrator: Emily Elert (@eelert) Video Director: Henry Reich (@minutephysics) With contributions from: Kate Yoshida (@KateYoshida) & Alex Reich (@alexhreich) Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder _________________________________________ Like our videos? Subscribe to MinuteEarth on YouTube And for exclusive early access to all our videos, sign up with Vessel Already subscribed? Help us keep making MinuteEarth by supporting us on Patreon Also, say hello on: Facebook Twitter And find us on itunes ________________________ References: M.A. Finney, C.W. McHugh, and I.C. Grenfell. Stand- and landscape-level effects of prescribed burning on two Arizona wildfires. Can. J. For. Res. 35: 1714–1722 (2005) North, M.P., B.M. Collins, and S.L. Stephens. 2012. Using fire to increase the scale, benefits and future maintenance of fuels treatments. Journal of Forestry 110(7):392-401. Prichard SJ, Peterson DL, Jacobson K (2010) Fuel treatments reduce the severity of wildfire effects in dry mixed conifer forest, Washington, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40, 1615–1626. doi:10.1139/X10-109 Stephens, S.L., J.D. McIver, R.E.J. Boerner, C.J. Fettig, J.B. Fontaine, B.R. Hartsough, P. Kennedy, and D.W. Schwilk. 2012. Effects of forest fuel reduction treatments in the United States. BioScience 62:549-560. Stephens, S.L., J.K. Agee, P.Z Fulé, M.P. North, W.H. Romme, T.W. Swetnam, and M.G. Turner. 2013. Managing forests and fire in changing climates. Science 342:41-42. Image Credits: 2002 Rodeo Fire Satellite Image by Landsat 7 2006 Tripod Complex Fires and Fuel Treatment photos by: National Interagency Fire Center - Susan Prichard - Thanks also to Eli Anoszko, Mark Finney, Lee Frelich, Matt Hurteau, Dave Peterson, Susan Prichard, & Scott Stephens\n
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