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It's unclear how the LA fires started - but most wildfires are caused by humans [Getty Images] We still don't know why they started, however. It might have been a lightning strike, downed power ...
Nearly 85% of U.S. wildfires are caused by humans, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Natural causes include lightning and volcanic activity. The Hawaiian Islands have six active volcanoes ...
The control of fire by early humans was a critical technology enabling the evolution of humans. Fire provided a source of warmth and lighting, protection from predators (especially at night), a way to create more advanced hunting tools, and a method for cooking food. These cultural advances allowed human geographic dispersal, cultural ...
Pyrocene is a proposed term for a new geologic epoch or age characterized by the influence of human-caused fire activity on Earth. The concept focuses on the many ways humans have applied and removed fire from the Earth, including the burning of fossil fuels and the technologies that have enabled people to leverage their influence and become the dominant species on the planet.
However, human influence caused an increase in fire frequency. Dendrochronological fire scar data and charcoal layer data in Finland suggests that, while many fires occurred during severe drought conditions, an increase in the number of fires during 850 BC and 1660 AD can be attributed to human influence. [ 297 ]
Since the LA fires started, Wall and other experts have listened in frustration as emotional residents and government leaders pointed fingers and blame. “ People have lost their homes . They ...
In Yellowstone, human-caused fires average between 6 and 10 annually, while 35 wildfires are ignited by lightning. [ 19 ] [ 22 ] Some researchers, as well as some timber companies and private citizens, understood that fire was a natural state of affairs in many ecosystems.
That combined with the dry, hot conditions caused by the climate crisis has left much of the country at a dangerously high risk of devastating wildfires. The top 10 most destructive years by ...