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Global wildfires decreased during the COVID-19 lockdown, but some fires intensified without human intervention
Source: Phys.org · Published
When the COVID-19 pandemic brought human activity to a standstill around the world in the first half of 2020, wildfire incidents also declined by more than 12%. A new study published in Cell Reports…
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