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Climate change doubled expansion of US forest fires

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Climate change doubled expansion of US forest fires. Image source: Shutterstock (#62922805)

A new study has found that anthropogenic climate change has caused the expansion of forest fires in the western US to double over the last 36 years. While many consequences of the climate change are hardly experienced within a human lifespan, forest fires show a strong responsiveness.

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