UBC experts call for proactive approach to prepare for more extreme wildfires

27 June, 2022

Wildfires have grown in frequency, intensity and overall burned area due to climate change. This year, communities in B.C. and Canada are bracing for this pattern to continue.

UBC forestry researchers Dr. Lori Daniels, Dr. Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz and Dr. Kira Hoffman are wildfire experts whose research focuses on how natural disturbances such as wildfires and droughts, human factors and climate interact to affect how easily—or not—forests burn.

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