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The Worst Kinds of Wildfires Are Becoming More Frequent

Bloomberg.com · last updated

Wildfire disasters are becoming more frequent and severe globally, costing more human lives and racking up more economic damage than in previous decades, according to a new study by the University of Tasmania.

The researchers, who published their work in the journal Science earlier this month, found over 43% of the costliest fires since 1980 happened in the past 10 years.