California Burning World
The world is getting “hotter and more flammable”. Nine of the ten worst years for forest fires in America have occurred since 2000. Early last month there were 29 “large uncontained fires” burning across the United States. The right course is usually to let a forest burn, as Nature’s way of thinning out trees. But doing so upsets locals and politicians, who want fires put out. The result is a “build-up of dangerous, unhealthy forests, fueling more terrible fires, many of which will need to be fought” (3,800 words)
