Increasing forest fires are ‘unhinging’ streamflow patterns

Researchers have found that forested basins of the western United States saw significant increases in streamflows for about six years following large wildfires.

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences suggests that “increasing forest fire activity is unhinging streamflow from its historically predictable response to climate variability.”

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