Burned forests impact water supplies
Wildland fire seasons in the United States are getting longer, yet the impacts of fire on water availability at the regional scale are unclear. Here the authors show that fire increased annual river flow throughout the West, while prescribed burns in the subtropical Southeast had limited impact on r...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-04-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03735-6 |