A study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances found that historical Indigenous "cultural burning" curtailed wildfire patterns on local scales over a period of roughly 400 years in the southwestern U.S.
Driving the news: As warming temperatures drive the risk of increased and intensified wildfires across the world,adaptingtraditional burning practices into fire management could diminish the role of climate in enkindling today’s wildfires.
A clutch of upcoming space missions will give scientists unprecedented views of some of the oddest objects in the solar system.
Why it matters: The solar system is still a largely mysterious place. Scientists aren't sure exactly how planets came together billions of years ago or how life developed on Earth — and whether it took hold on other worlds.
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