How Invasive Plants Caused the Maui Fires to Rage

A sweeping series of plantation closures in Hawaii allowed highly flammable nonnative grasses to spread on idled lands, providing the fuel for huge blazes. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/08/14/multimedia/14nat-hawaii-wildfires-top-qljh/14nat-hawaii-wildfires-top-qljh-moth.jpg