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Scientists in Scotland develop new method to understand past and present wildfires

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Scientists in Scotland develop new method to understand past and present wildfires

Scientists in Scotland have developed a new method to understand the heat and intensity of fires that burned out millions of years ago, which could unlock our understanding of wildfires during past and present periods of climate change.

"As charcoal can persist within rocks for hundreds of millions of years, this method can be applied to understand the behavior of any wildfire, from the present day all the way back to the first evidence of wildfire 420 million years ago."

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