This episode of the One Planet series, by San Francisco public radio 91.7FM, explores the causes and effects of the dozens of fires across the state of California over the past few weeks. Gregory Simon, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences (and the author of Flame and Fortune in the American West: Urban Development, Environmental Change, and the Great Oakland Hills Fire), wants people to understand these types of events as the “new normal.”

What Causes California's Devastating Wildfires?
KALW, Nov 4