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Four out of the five largest fires in California history have occurred in the last six years.
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In recent years authorities in California have reported an increase in such large, explosive and swiftly spreading wildfires over a virtually year-round fire season.
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Longer droughts and a history of putting out small blazes leave forests choked with tinder
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The cost in lives and property from megafires is growing as more Americans build homes in or around forests and woodlands.
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Paradise, California had long prepared for wildfires but only in its worst nightmares did it imagine the kind of “megafire” that last week destroyed most of the town and is becoming a common occurrence in the state.
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Every generation comes with an identity, and often, stereotypes as well. But are these generational generalizations far? There isn’t really a simple answer, according to UNLV Associate Professor of Sociology Michael Borer.
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Since voters first approved recreational marijuana in Nevada in 2016, the industry in the Las Vegas valley has exploded.
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Brian Hedlund and Ariel Friel collect microbes living for tens of thousands of years in the subsurface of the earth. By studying these microorganisms, they hope to gain clues about potential life on Mars and other planets.
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Footprints of a “lizard like-creature” 310 million years old have been unearthed in the Grand Canyon, making them potentially the oldest reptile footprints ever found.
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