A new study from UCLA has found that the acreage burned by high-severity forest fires has dramatically increased over the past 40 years, particularly in California.
The research shows that annual acreage burned by forest fires is now ten times greater than it was in 1985, indicating a troubling trend in wildfire severity.
In California alone, the study reveals that the land affected by high-severity fires has surged to thirty times more than four decades ago, raising concerns about the future of the state's forests.