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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 20 > What happens when soil burns red hot?

What happens when soil burns red hot?

With 4 years of study, researchers can approach burnt areas in new ways

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
March 20, 2009

Shortly after firefighters contained the B&B Complex Fire in September 2003, Jane E. Smith and a team of researchers with Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service donned hard hats, grabbed trowels and sample tubes, and went to check out the charred ground.

“We were just....

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