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Forest fire and fire surpressionGlobal warming has wreaked havoc over the central US this summer, with crops withering, record high temps becoming the norm, and huge fires in Colorado. But the massive fires that have erupted throughout the west this year are not only the result of change in the global climate, but a century of humans misunderstanding of the forest eco-system, leading to a tinderbox unrecognizable from its natural state for a least a millennium. So, where did Smoky the Bear go wrong?...<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/why-global-warming-is-not-the-biggest-reason-forest-fires-are-so-rampant-now/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
Forest fire and fire surpressionGlobal warming has wreaked havoc over the central US this summer, with crops withering, record high temps becoming the norm, and huge fires in Colorado. But the massive fires that have erupted throughout the west this year are not only the result of change in the global climate, but a century of humans misunderstanding of the forest eco-system, leading to a tinderbox unrecognizable from its natural state for a least a millennium. So, where did Smoky the Bear go wrong?...<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/why-global-warming-is-not-the-biggest-reason-forest-fires-are-so-rampant-now/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
