The Climate Crisis Is Pushing California’s Destructive Wildfire Season Earlier

The climate crisis is pushing California’s destructive wildfire season earlier

Wildfire season in California is starting earlier than it used to — in some parts of the state, by more than 10 weeks compared with the 1990s — and scientists say climate change is a major reason why.

Environmental News Network - Human-Caused Climate Change is Expanding California’s Destructive Fire Seasons

The typical start of fire season in California has shifted earlier by an average of more than one day every year in most of the state since the early 1990s, and up to a total change of month and half earlier in some areas, a trend driven by human-caused climate change, according to a UCLA study published in the journal Science Advances.

Human-Caused Climate Change is Expanding California’s Destructive Fire Seasons

The typical start of fire season in California has shifted earlier by an average of more than one day every year in most of the state since the early 1990s, and up to a total change of month and half earlier in some areas, a trend driven by human-caused climate change, according to a UCLA study published in the journal Science Advances.