Canada's 2023 wildfires broke longstanding media caution around climate reporting

Canada's 2023 wildfires broke longstanding media caution around climate reporting

Fueled by record-breaking drought and unusually high temperatures, Canada's 2023 wildfire season was the worst in the country's history, with more than 15 million hectares (37 million acres) charred. Smoke blanketed the eastern seaboard, with health alerts keeping people indoors as skies turned an eerie orange.

Canada's Record 2023 Wildfires Pushed Media to Link Disasters to

A Concordia analysis of nearly 2,000 Canadian and US news stories found that coverage of the record 2023 wildfires mentioned and explicitly attributed climate change at unprecedented rates, especially after a World Weather Attribution report.

Concordia University - Canada's 2023 wildfires broke longstanding media caution around climate reporting

Fuelled by record-breaking drought and unusually high temperatures, Canada's 2023 wildfire season was the worst in the country's history, with over 15 million hectares charred. Smoke blank. . .