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Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 8 a.m.

Prior to 2020, the largest number of acres burned by wildfire in California was 1.3M. Compare that to the 4M acres wiped out by fire this year. What\u2019s more, forest fires are spreading much more quickly and releasing more heat\u2014which leads to last-minute evacuations, a dramatic increase of smoke in the air, and the phenomenon of fire tornados.

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Daniel Duane is the surfer, naturalist, and author behind this month\u2019s WIRED cover story, \u2018The West\u2019s Infernos Are Melting Our Sense of How Fire Works.\u2019 On this episode of Reversing Climate Change, Daniel explains why the 2020 fire season is so remarkable and how an accumulating fuel bed on the forest floor contributes to the intensity and severity of the wildfires. He offers insight on indigenous fire management, describing when the anti-burning culture took hold in America and how political pressures make it impossible for our government agencies to manage forests well.

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Daniel goes on to introduce us to the terrifying phenomenon of a fire tornado, sharing how forest management practices and climate change are both to blame for the increasingly unpredictable, record-breaking wildfires we experience. Listen in for Daniel\u2019s take on what kind of management practices we need to decrease our risk and find out how a pro-development, YIMBY movement could prevent destructive forest fires in the future.

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Resources:

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\u2018The West\u2019s Infernos Are Melting Our Sense of How Fire Works\u2019 in WIRED

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Daniel\u2019s Website

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Daniel on Twitter

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Books by Daniel Duane

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Daniel at WIRED

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Daniel at Outside Magazine

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US Forest Service

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Charles C. Mann on Reversing Climate Change S2EP15

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M. Kat Anderson

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Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California\u2019s Natural Resources by M. Kat Anderson

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University of California Forestry Department

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Brandon Collins

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The Sagehen Experimental Forest

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CAL FIRE

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