EPISODE · Nov 4, 2022 · 32 MIN
Fire: Forests under (mega) fire in the Pacific northwest
from Third Pod from the Sun · host American Geophysical Union
Climate change is accelerating as human-made greenhouse gasses continue to warm our atmosphere. Megafires certainly evoke climate change doomsday feelings, but are these types of fires new to the PNW or were similar instances occurring prior to 2020? To answer these questions we talked to Matthew Reilly, a United States Forest Service scientist, about the causes of these megafires and what we can expect in the upcoming decades.This episode was produced by Jessica Buser-Young and mixed by Collin Warren. Illustration by Jace Steiner.
What this episode covers
Climate change is accelerating as human-made greenhouse gasses continue to warm our atmosphere. Megafires certainly evoke climate change doomsday feelings, but are these types of fires new to the PNW or were similar instances occurring prior to 2020? To answer these questions we talked to Matthew Reilly, a United States Forest Service scientist, about the causes of these megafires and what we can expect in the upcoming decades.This episode was produced by Jessica Buser-Young and mixed by Collin Warren. Illustration by Jace Steiner.
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