The Science of Wildfires
So, what is fire, exactly? What causes fires in the wild, and how do we put them out? SciShow answers your burning questions about the science of fire. (See what we did there?) Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: http://thankstank.tumblr.com Sources: http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fire-understanding.pdf http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2013/08/wildfires-projected-worsen-with-climate-change http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/16/us/as-california-battles-fires-fears-of-worse-ahead.html?_r=0 http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/AFFM/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_165767.html http://www.citylab.com/politics/2013/05/feds-are-fighting-forest-fires-wrong/5702/ http://www.onearth.org/article/forest-service-firefighting-policy-reversal http://www.onearth.org/articles/2013/06/let-it-burn-is-the-best-wildland-fire-policy http://www.livescience.com/26257-fighting-chaparral-fires-myths-busted.html https://www.hcn.org/issues/44.16/fire-scientists-fight-over-what-western-forests-should-look-like http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/31/2312591/climate-change-wildfires/ http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059941462 http://www.borealforest.org/world/innova/forest_fire.htm https://www.nifc.gov/PUBLICATIONS/communicators_guide/2%20Wildland%20fire%20overview.PDF http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/05/business/energy-environment/wildfires-and-climate-change.html?_r=0 http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/wood-ash-can-be-useful-yard-if-used-caution http://www.epa.gov/burnwise/workshop2011/WoodCombustion-Curkeet.pdf http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/innofirewood/stateoftheart/database/burning/burning.html http://www.epa.gov/burnwise/workshop2011/WoodCombustion-Curkeet.pdf http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=2048
