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Climate and Combustion: Fired up
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THE ECONOMIST -- The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) held its annual meeting this year in San Diego. On February 19th a session was devoted to the environmental role of fire. It brought together palaeontologists and ecologists, as well as climate experts, because fire is a natural and useful part of both past and present ecosystems—a fact that human fire controllers have only reluctantly come to recognise in their zeal to snuff out any blaze as soon as possible. Read More
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