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Department of Geography | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences

Inside the Inferno: What the Maui Fires Mean for Hawaii—and the World


August 16, 2023

Image of wildfire smoke covering a mountain in Maui

As wildfires devastated Hawaii, Geography Professor Lisa Benton-Short explained how climate change fanned the disaster’s flames.

Read more at:
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/inside-inferno-what-maui-fires-mean-hawaiiand-world

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