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Study: Higher temps, more fires, 1,000 years ago in Rockies
"Core samples from the bottom of the ponds showed that wildfires 1,000 years ago were more than two-and-a-half times more frequent than they were in the 20th century.
"This is real evidence things burned more. We're not speculating," said Bryan Shuman, a co-author and geology and geophysics professor at UW. "We're showing things really happened. It really was warmer here, and when that happened, there were more fires."
More... http://news.yahoo.com/study-higher-temps-more-fires-1-000-years-230527336.html
"Core samples from the bottom of the ponds showed that wildfires 1,000 years ago were more than two-and-a-half times more frequent than they were in the 20th century.
"This is real evidence things burned more. We're not speculating," said Bryan Shuman, a co-author and geology and geophysics professor at UW. "We're showing things really happened. It really was warmer here, and when that happened, there were more fires."
More... http://news.yahoo.com/study-higher-temps-more-fires-1-000-years-230527336.html