Natural ecosystem element: LA fires ‘so intense, violent, brutal that recovery is problematic’

The two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have burned more urban areas than any other wildfire in the state since at least the mid-1980s. Experts say several factors could lead to wildfires hitting cities more often. Urban areas continue to expand into wilderness. Climate change is raising global temperatures leading to worsening weather, including droughts, particularly in the western United States. For a deeper analysis and deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Yinka Oyetade welcomes Yves Figueiredo, associate professor of US environmental history at LARCA, an interdisciplinary research unit of the Université Paris Cité.



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