NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * As California battles devastating wildfires, our researchers are helping to make sense of how they became so destructive, and what's needed for recovery. * * * As devastating wildfires continue to burn in the Los Angeles area, Columbia Climate School experts are doing their best to determine how these fires became so catastrophic and what's needed for recovery. In an intervi more PR