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#ClimateChange Increases Frequency of #Wildfires Globally: Study

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New research adds to the growing body of evidence that #climatechange increases the frequency and severity of fires in many regions of the world.

#Fire weather refers to periods with a high fire risk due to a combination of high temperatures, low humidity, low rainfall, and often high winds.

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The western US is among the regions where the trends in fire weather have been most pronounced in the past at least 40 years.

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According to the researchers, climate models indicate that fire weather will continue to rise this century in many parts of the world, and increasingly so for each added degree of global warming.

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A switch to an economy supported by renewable energy sources is needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change on fire risk.

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The analysis of more than 100 studies published since 2013 showed a strong consensus that climate change promotes the weather conditions on which wildfires depend, increasing their likelihood.

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Natural variability is superimposed on the increasingly warm and dry background conditions resulting from climate change, leading to more extreme fires and more extreme fire seasons.

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Land management can enhance or compound climate-driven changes in wildfire risk, either through fuel reductions or fuel accumulation as an unintended by-product of fire suppression. According to the study, fire suppression efforts are made more difficult by #climatechange.