How Invasive Plants Caused the Maui Fires to Rage
A sweeping series of plantation closures in Hawaii allowed highly flammable nonnative grasses to spread on idled lands, providing the fuel for huge blazes. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Wildfires
Topics: blazes, providing, lands, idled, spread, grasses, nonnative, flammable, highly, allowed, Hawaii, closures, plantation, series, sweeping, Fires, Caused, Plants, Invasive
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/us/hawaii-wildfire-factors.html