Post-wildfire hazards: Toward an understanding of when and how slope failure may occur

Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 28, 2020

Across the western U.S., severe wildfires fueled by tinder-dry vegetation have already burned more than 3.2 million hectares (8 million acres [as of the time of this press release]) - an area the size of Maryland - in 2020, and nearly six times that area burned this year in Australia. And even though neither country's worst-ever fire year is not yet over, concerns are already mounting regarding