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Want to predict wildfire severity? Research says look to the state of vegetation

phys.org·Rebecca Owen·28 days ago
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AGU Advances (2026). DOI: 10.1029/2025av002179"> False color composite of the Hughes, Palisades, and Eaton fires from Landsat 8 imagery acquired 23 February 2025. Red, green, and blue correspond to 2,200, 865, and 563 nm, respectively. Burned area appears red in this false-color composite. Fire perimeters are outlined in bright red. On the California inset map, the image bounding box is outlined in black. Inset maps provide finer-scale views of each fire. Credit: AGU Advances (2026). DOI: 10.1029/2025av002179 Urbanization, climate change, and fire suppression practices are contributing to increased wildfire risk at the densely populated wildland-urban interface. These factors make fires more unpredictable and harder to manage. In January 2025, this was made devastatingly clear in Los Angeles, when massive wildfires engulfed entire hillsides and canyons, destroying neighborhoods and damaging surrounding ecosystems.…

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