Human-driven climate crisis doubled risk of Canada's extreme wildfire, study finds

Canada wildfire study
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- The News Biz PK·11h agoHuman-driven climate crisis doubled risk of Canada's extreme wildfire, study finds
Human-driven climate change made the extreme conditions behind this year's deadly Canadian wildfires twice as likely, according to a new study by the World Weather Attribution group.The analysis found that higher global temperatures caused by burning fossil fuels increased the…
Read at The News Biz PK → - Guardian UK·18h agoHuman-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds
Current blazes roaring across country more than twice as likely to occur because of fossil fuel-driven global heating The human-driven climate crisis made the conditions that led to blazes roaring across Canada, which have caused toxic smoke to spew throughout the country and…
Read at Guardian UK → - Independent World·23h agoClimate change contributed to big Canada fires, study says as Trump blames mismanagement
A new study calculates that human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires
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