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US wildfire damage is on pace to triple by mid‑century, but there are affordable ways to lower the risk
As temperatures rise and development expands, the number of homes and other structures damaged or destroyed by wildfires across the U.S. is on pace to triple by midcentury, my colleagues and I found in a study just published.
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