Climate Change Facts: Fossil Fuels are a Bigger Problem than Wildland Fires
The Earth’s climate is changing. In the past, the climate warmed and cooled due to natural processes. Now humans are changing the climate by burning fossil fuels and permanently deforesting landscapes. Many of our wildlands are being stressed beyond their natural ability to adapt to these dramatic changes, and the full extent of how to deal with these changes remains unclear.
About Wendy Loya, Ph.D.
Dr. Wendy Loya is our Alaska Region Ecologist who focuses primarily on climate change and northern ecosystems. An overarching objective of her work to understand how the cumulative impacts of climate change and industrial development can be... More about Wendy Loya, Ph.D.
