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Climate Change Drove Extreme Wildfire Seasons Across the Americas, Making Burned Areas Around 30 Times Larger
Human-driven climate change made wildfires in parts of South America and Southern California many times larger and more destructive, according to an annual assessment by international experts.
Climate change has increased the risk of extreme wildfires in some parts of the world by a factor of 10. Scientists from 60 research institutions around the world involved in the State of Wildfires project calculated that the likelihood of extreme fire weather in the northeastern Amazon has increased by 30 to 70 times. In the Congo Basin in Africa, it is three to eight times. This is according to a study the scientists conducted on the fire seas…
Climate change is turning global wildfires into monsters - The Canadian Media
Predicting bushfires is difficult at the best of times. But as climate change wreaks havoc with our world's weather systems it's getting harder and more important to get right. And the behavior of wildfires worldwide over the last year has shown us just how unpredictable and devastating these fires have become. The second annual State of
In the best case, it is difficult to predict bush fires. But as climate change ravages our planet's weather systems, it is becoming increasingly difficult and important to remedy them. And the behaviour of forest fires around the world during [...]
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