Climate change: Wildfires in the Western U.S. are burning higher up the mountains

Wildfires are moving further up the hillside. Image: REUTERS/Gene Blevins
Mojtaba Sadegh
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University
John Abatzoglou
Associate Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
Mohammad Reza Alizadeh
Ph.D. Student in Engineering, McGill University

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