ScienceNOW: Climate change–and the searing temperatures it will bring–can conjure up images of expansive forest fires forcing people to flee their homes. But the first global model to rely on actual fire data shows a more nuanced picture. In fact, just as much land will have a lower fire risk in the next 3 decades than will face heightened prospects of wildfires. Experts emphasize that less flame isn’t always good news: Many of the world’s shrublands require periodic fires to survive. It only …