{"id":1663,"date":"2024-08-09T05:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T12:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2024-08-08T14:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T21:51:00","slug":"wildfire-the-culture-science-and-future-of-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/wildfire-the-culture-science-and-future-of-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire: The Culture, Science, and Future of Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wildfire: The Culture, Science, and Future of Fire<\/em>
\nby Ferin Davis Anderson (Author) and Stephanie Sammartino McPherson (Author)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Wildfire is a natural process that takes place worldwide. In dry conditions, a single spark can transform into a megafire that sweeps across the landscape, burning everything in its path. Despite fire\u2019s deadly reputation, ecosystems such as forests and grasslands depend on it to clear out debris and promote new plant growth.<\/p>\n

Discover the history of large-scale fire and what its future may look like as you examine how Indigenous people, farmers, and forestry departments have used fire to manage natural resources and how human development and climate change are impacting the frequency and intensity of wildfires. By delving into how fires start and burn, fire suppression and firefighting, and the ecological importance of burns, you can explore people\u2019s long relationship with fire and reflect on fire\u2019s regenerative benefits and destructive capabilities alike. <\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2024 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved. (*bookstore affiliate<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wildfire: The Culture, Science, and Future of Fire by Ferin Davis Anderson (Author) and Stephanie Sammartino McPherson (Author) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Wildfire is a natural process that takes place worldwide. In dry conditions, a single spark can transform into a megafire that sweeps across the landscape, burning everything in its path. Despite fire\u2019s … <\/p>\n

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