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Fire evolution split by continent

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Boreal forest fires tend to be more intense and lethal in North America than Eurasia. Differences in tree species composition explain these differences in fire regime, and lead to contrasting feedbacks to climate.

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Figure 1: Crown fire in a North American boreal forest.

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  1. Department of Renewable Resources, Mike Flannigan is at the Western Partnership for Wildland Fire Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H1, Canada,

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Flannigan, M. Fire evolution split by continent. Nature Geosci 8, 167–168 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2360

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