Burning questions: Discovering the roles of fire, fuel and fauna
Mitchell Power's research on wildfire patterns is featured in a new exhibit at the Natural History Museum of
Utah. The exhibit examines how climate change and herbivore extinction influence wildfire patterns. Power, an ESS Professor and Curator of Botany, led a field research excursion to Tony Grove Lake in Logan Canyon, where he used specialized equipment to extract two sediment cores, capturing thousands of years of environmental data.
Power also developed a method to display the sediment cores, ensuring they remain stabilized and protected from external damage. Learn more in the @theU article, "Burning questions: Discovering the roles of fire, fuel and fauna" and be sure to visit the exhibit!
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