Wildfire Resiliency: California Case for Change
Bill Chiu, Rajdeep Roy, Thuan Tran
Abstract
The world has seen an increase in catastrophic wildfires that have caused loss of lives, massive economic impacts from the properties and structures destroyed, and negative impacts on our environment and ecosystem. A recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the greenhouse gas emissions from the 2018 California wildfires is on par with the entire year of equivalent emissions from all electricity generations combined feeding the needs of California.
Topics & Concepts
Greenhouse gasClimate changeEcosystemEnvironmental scienceGeographyEnvironmental protectionEnvironmental resource managementNatural resource economicsEcologyEconomicsBiologyFire effects on ecosystems