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News & Media: Stanford Wildfire Research
December 23, 2020 | LA Times
Michael Wara discusses need for fire prevention and retrofitting older homes in California.
December 22, 2020 | The Washington Post
Michael Wara discusses how poor forest management and unchecked climate change have pushed the West into a new world of fire.
December 20, 2020 | The Weather Channel
Noah Diffenbaugh explains how the area burned in the Western US has increased around tenfold over the past four decades.
December 9, 2020 | Stanford News Service
When wildfires swept through the North Bay in 2017, graduate student Gabriel Smith saw a unique opportunity to study how fire affected his research... Read More
November 26, 2020 | The New York Times
Kari Nadeau and Marshall Burke discuss inequality and the health impacts of wildfire smoke on children in California.
November 11, 2020 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
As the Western U.S. faces another severe wildfre season, multiple outlets have quoted, interviewed and published comments from Stanford wildfire... Read More
October 29, 2020 | California Council on Science & Technology
A new report from the California Council on Science & Technology (CCST), assesses the current state of knowledge around losses related to... Read More
October 29, 2020 | KQED
Michael Wara discusses the new CCST report on the costs of wildfires in California and recommendations for the state.
October 29, 2020 | CapRadio
Michael Wara discusses wildfires, climate change, growing costs and data.
