HUMAN-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… Heightened global temperatures, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, amplified the risk of fire-prone weather in Ontario and the Northwest Territories, scientists found.

Climate crisis | The Guardian reports that 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…

The report adds: Heightened global temperatures, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, amplified the risk of fire-prone weather in Ontario and the Northwest Territories, scientists found.

These provinces have been racked by fires this summer, causing towns to be evacuated and unhealthy smoke to unfurl across multiple cities in North America.

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