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A Warmer World

As wildfires intensify in the West, scientists look at how they spread

by Jes Burns

Jul 23, 2021

On a farm in Oregon, they try to figure out what kinds of trees and shrubs produce the most flying embers.

Student Will Heffernan (left) and researcher Sampath Adusumilli clear debris around a burned chamise branch during an experiment measuring the embers produced by vegetation.

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