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NC State leads US$1.79 million NSF project on wet-dry 'whiplash' and Appalachian wildfires
North Carolina State University is leading a US$1.79 million National Science Foundation project that examines whether rapid swings between very wet and very dry weather raise wildfire risk in the southern Appalachians.
Why it matters: NC State researchers on the project will study whether abrupt wet-dry weather shifts raise wildfire risk in the Blue Ridge Ecoregion, backed by US$1.79 million from the NSF.
North Carolina State University said it is leading a project worth US$1.79 million funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the US federal research funding agency.
According to the university, the researchers aim to establish whether rapid shifts between extremely wet and extremely dry conditions, which it calls 'hydroclimatic whiplash', increase wildfire risk.
The university said the work focuses on the Blue Ridge Ecoregion in the southern Appalachian region of the United States.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
The US$1.79 million NSF award funds NC State-led researchers to test whether rapid swings between wet and dry weather increase wildfire risk in the Blue Ridge Ecoregion of the southern Appalachians.
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