/newsroom/taxonomy/term/16185/all en /newsroom/channels/news/mountain-fires-burning-higher-unprecedented-rates-331540 <p>Forest fires have crept higher up mountains over the past few decades, scorching areas previously too wet to burn, according to researchers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº. As wildfires advance uphill, a staggering 11% of all Western U.S. forests are now at risk.</p> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:59:31 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 269868 at /newsroom