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Wildfire disasters are increasingly in the news, yet less land is burning globally – here’s why

  • Written by Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering; Senior Fellow at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Boise State University
Wildfire disasters are increasingly in the news, yet less land is burning globally – here’s whyResidents try to put out flames as a wildfire threatens homes in Quito, Ecuador, in September 2024.AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa

Worldwide, an estimated 440 million people were exposed to a wildfire encroaching on their home at some point between 2002 and 2021, new research shows. That’s roughly equivalent to the entire population of the European...

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