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      • Wildfire season is in full swing, with more than 60 large blazes burning across 14 states. In California, the Oak Fire near Yosemite National Park has burned more than 29 square miles and threatened nearly 2,700 buildings. Fires in Alaska have consumed an area the size of Connecticut.
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    Climate change is one of the major drivers of increasing fire activity. Extreme heat waves are already 5 times more likely today than they were 150 years ago and are expected to become even more frequent as the planet continues to warm. Hotter temperatures dry out the landscape and help create the perfect environment for larger, more frequent fores...

    The large majority — roughly 70% — of all fire-related tree cover loss over the past two decades occurred in boreal regions. Though fire is a natural partof how boreal forests function ecologically, fire-related tree cover loss in these areas increased by a rate of about 110,000 hectares (3%) per year over the last 20 years — about half the total g...

    The causes of increasing forest fires are complex and vary by geography. Much has been written about how to manage wildfiresand mitigate fire risk, but there is no silver bullet solution. Climate change clearly plays an important role in driving more frequent and intense fires, especially in boreal forests. As such, there is no solution for bringin...

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  4. Aug 15, 2024 · Much of the smoke that has plagued the Northeastern United States this summer can be traced back to fires burning in Canada; fires in the Pacific Northwest and Alberta have helped push haze...

  5. Jul 28, 2024 · Decades of snuffing out fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change have laid the groundwork for a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada, experts say.

  6. Jul 27, 2022 · See where wildfires are in the United States with this map that is updated daily. Track wildfires blazing in California, Alaska and other states as temperatures rise. More than 60 large...

  7. Jun 8, 2023 · By Saturday and Sunday, the winds will begin to switch and blow smoke away from the U.S. The smoke originated from wildfires in Quebec, where more than 160 forest fires are burning. Some of the ...

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