Extreme wildfires doubled in frequency, magnitude since 2003

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The study adds to evidence showing how climate change is reshaping wildfires worldwide.

A wildfire in the village of Kuel in Yakutia, Sakha, Russia on August 8, 2021. Photo: Ivan Nikiforov/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, found that the biggest upward trends in extreme wildfires are in temperate conifer biomes, such as in the western U.S., along with the

This way, they could incorporate measurements of a wildfire event rather than just measuring a particular hotspot. This, the study states, "is in line with the observation that temperatures are warming faster at night than during the day, and such warming is consequently reducing the night-time barrier to wildfire."

 

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