Climate Change
Tiny Flames With a Huge Impact: How Embers Spread Wildfires in California and Beyond
When wildfires turn into urban firestorms like the conflagrations in LA, it’s often these smoldering bits of debris that cause the most widespread destruction.
When wildfires burn, it’s often tiny, blazing fragments of debris, known as embers, that cause the most widespread destruction.
Embers are born when flames consume vegetation, structures or other fuel sources that break off into lightweight, burning particleshttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/26012025/how-embers-spread-wildfires/