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The “good fires” managed lands for crops, plants and animals. A century of suppressing these kinds of fires helped create landscapes prone to devastating wildfires, Alexander said.
Figuring out what caused a fire, experts say, is a painstaking, time-intensive process. ... 95% of fires in California are caused by humans, whether through an intentional act of arson, a downed ...
“More than 95% of these are human-ignited fires,” he wrote in an email. “Arson is among the causes, but most human-caused fires are not intentional.” ‘The best players out there’
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 ]
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 ...
The suppression of fire can lead to unforeseen changes in ecosystems that often adversely affect the plants, animals and humans that depend upon that habitat. Wildfires that deviate from a historical fire regime because of fire suppression are called "uncharacteristic fires".
The causes that sparked the fires are under investigation, and the scientists noted that because there are no natural ignition sources this time of year, the fires were almost certainly started by ...
The Palisades Fire, the biggest and most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history, has “human origins” as a likely cause, according to a new report. Authorities investigating the cause of...