
Humans Start Most Wildfires
People are responsible for much of the rising cost and ecological damage that wildfires impose
Amanda Montañez is an associate graphics editor at Scientific American. Follow her on Twitter @unamandita
People are responsible for much of the rising cost and ecological damage that wildfires impose
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