What are the costs of wildfire? CSU resource economics expert answers
The impacts of wildfire can be devastating, but the widespread nature of those impacts and their full costs to society are still being researched.
The impacts of wildfire can be devastating, but the widespread nature of those impacts and their full costs to society are still being researched.
As the largest wildfire in Colorado history was burning west of Fort Collins in 2020, Colorado State University researchers were making plans to study its effects on the local watershed. As soon as they were permitted in the burn area – before the Cameron Peak Fire was completely extinguished – they were collecting data and making discoveries.
To share CSU's wildfire research with the public, the Geospatial Centroid and Radical Open Science Syndicate (ROSS) will host From Burn to Bloom: The Art + Science of Wildfire Recovery on Saturday, Aug. 19, at Odell Brewing Company. Burn to Bloom attendees will have the opportunity to make art while learning about post-fire science.
The oft-repeated claim that the Amazon rainforest produces 20% of our planet’s oxygen is based on a misunderstanding.