Eos “Bat Poop Records Fire History” by Rebecca Dzombak.
Washington Post “Bat guano yields ‘unconventional’ historical fire data, scientists say” by Erin Blakemore.
New York Times “Think twice before lighting fireworks this July 4th” by Soumya Karlamangla.
BBC “Huge firework displays will mark 4 July in the US, but the nation's air quality will suffer” by Lucy Sheriff.
Inside Climate News “As Climate Change Dries Out the West, Fourth of July Fireworks Spark Increased Wildfire Risk” by Kiley Price.
Real Vail “Opinion: Rethinking Fourth of July fireworks as climate change dries West, bolsters wildfires” by Kiley Price.
Mountain West News Bureau, Boise State Public Radio, Aspen Public Radio, and Wyoming Public Radio “Study sheds more light on link between Independence Day and wildfires” by Murphy Woodhouse.
Aeon “Finding the First Americans” by Jennifer Raff.
The Conversation, Toronto Telegraph, and Yahoo! Canada “Seven times people discovered the Americas – and how they got there” by Nicholas R. Longrich.
CounterPunch "Yosemite and Logging in the Park" by George Weurthner.
The Conversation "Seven times people discovered the Americas – and how they got there" by Nicholas R. Longrich.
CounterPunch "The NYT Promotes Logging in Yosemite" by George Weurthner.
Planet Watch "The Trump Administration Ignores Science" by Gina-Marie Cheeseman.
Brown Daily Herald: “Wildfire control challenging in warming climate” by Marlene Goetze.
Business Insider: “A Los Angeles bush fire has burned over 7,500 acres and prompted evacuation orders for 100,000 people — here are the latest updates” by Morgan McFall-Johnsen.
The Sacramento Bee, The Modesto Bee, and Merced Sun-Star: “California wildfires are bad. Climate change will make them even worse, new study says” by Andrew Sheeler.
News from Brown: “Study of past California wildfire activity suggests climate change will worsen future fires” by Kevin Stacey. Press release was subsequently re-published (with minor modifications) by: Phys.org, Science Daily, Environmental News Network, Futurity, Homeland Security News Wire, and Newswise.
The Columbus Dispatch: “Alaska wilderness reveals what’s left of earliest Americans: charcoal and poop” by Brad Lepper.
Forbes: “Fire and feces may reveal an early human presence in Alaska” by Jennifer Raff.