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Episode 5 - Fire and Forests

2050: Degrees of Change by CBC

Jun 11, 201700:33:10Science & Medicine

'There is no 'no smoke' option.' By 2050, forest fires will be more frequent, and more devastating. This has profound impacts on one of our major resource industries, as well as wildlife.

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