Fort McMurray researchers find simple key to risk of severe peat fires

(McMaster University) The scrawny black spruce trees that push up through the peat bogs of Canada's boreal forest are valuable indicators of fire risk, say researchers who studied a burned-over area just outside Fort McMurray, Alberta, where a devastating wildfire struck in 2016.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 17, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news