Research reveals global wildfire risk trends in wildland–urban interface areas
Global distribution of WUIs. a–c, Geographic distribution of global WUI areas (a) and zoomed-in subsets of intermix WUI and interface WUI areas (b) and global urban areas (c) overlaid on high-resolution satellite imagery across different continents in 2020. Credit: Nature Sustainability (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-024-01291-0
Wildfires present complex socio-economic and ecological challenges, as they devastate vegetation,…