How can landscape recover after devastating fires?

BBC Science Saturday 08 August 2026, 06:06 UTC 1 min read

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Conservationists are working to restore wildlife after recent wildfires devastated habitats.

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Scientists race to untangle complex links between exposure and mortality as fire weather grows more prevalentA thousand kilometres from the infernos gorging on northern Ontario’s boreal forests, Erin O’Connor watched the sky above Canada’s biggest city turn an “almost post-apocalyptic” orange as it filled with light-scattering particles of soot and ash. Stepping outside the halls of Toronto General hospital, where air filters were keeping patients safe from the worst of the fumes, she was...

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