For 400 years, Indigenous tribes buffered climate's impact on wildfires in the American Southwest
Published Date: 12/7/2022
Source: phys.org
Devastating megafires are becoming more common, in part, because the planet is warming. But a new study led by SMU suggests bringing "good fire" back to the U.S. and other wildfire fire-prone areas, as Native Americans once did, could potentially blunt the role of climate in triggering today's wildfires.