US EditionStudy finds climate change set the stage for devastating wildfires in Argentina and Chile
- Human-Caused climate change significantly increased wildfire risks in Chile and Argentina, making conditions up to three times more likely than without global warming, according to researchers from World Weather Attribution.
- The wildfires in Chile killed 23 people and destroyed over 1,000 homes.
- Evacuations occurred in Argentina as wildfires burned through over 45,000 hectares, including parts of Los Alerces National Park, due to hot and dry conditions exacerbated by climate change.
- Researcher Juan Antonio Rivera criticized governance in Argentina for neglecting climate issues, leading to insufficient fire management.
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Study finds climate change set the stage for devastating wildfires in Argentina and Chile
A team of researchers say that human-caused climate change had an important impact on the recent ferocious wildfires that engulfed parts of Chile and Argentina’s Patagonia region, making the extremely high-risk conditions that led to widespread burning up to three times more likely than in a world w
Climate change fuels the destruction of world’s oldest trees – World Weather Attribution
From early January 2026 severe wildfires burned through the Andean foothills of central-southern Chile and across northern Patagonia in Argentina, affecting dense native forests, national parks, and small rural and tourist communities straddling the Chile–Argentina border. In Argentina, the fires first ignited in early January in Chubut province, then came back with force by 27 January, spreading fast through forested valleys and lake districts…
In 2024, 133 people died in Chile due to the fact that there were few, the change in climate tics n was an old response to the extreme event, but a study of alerting them to the construction of an environment near to new fires. Two years later, they came, with a balance of 23 dead, hundreds of injured and 52 thousand displaced. Read more (02/11/2026)
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