How Climate Change Adds Fuel to the West Coast Wildfires

Climate change plays a crucial role in intensifying wildfires. Rising global temperatures contribute to drier conditions, creating a perfect breeding ground for ...

Wildfires and Climate Change - C2ES

Wildfire risk depends on a number of factors, including temperature, soil moisture, and the presence of trees, shrubs, and other potential fuel. All these ...

Wildfires & Climate Change | California Air Resources Board

Climate change, primarily caused by the burning of fossil fuels, is increasing the frequency and severity of wildfires not only in California but also all ...

New NASA Study Tallies Carbon Emissions From Massive ...

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed wildfire smoke from Nova Scotia billowing over the Atlantic Ocean in May 2023.

Climate Change Fuels Catastrophic Wildfires Across the Western ...

In addition, decades of aggressive fire suppression and a large swath of trees dead or damaged due to drought and bark beetle infestations has ...

How does climate change cause wildfires? | IFAW

Research has shown that heavier than usual rainfall has led to increased vegetation growth, and with more vegetation, there is more fuel for the ...

The science behind the West Coast fires

Scientists say global warming and decades of fire suppression have helped lay the groundwork for the devastating blazes. One study by Stanford ...

How climate change supercharges wildfires in the West

A heating-up planet has driven huge increases in wildfire area burned over the past few decades.

How Wildfires and Climate Change are Connected | WFCA

However, human-caused greenhouse gas emissions from factories, landfills, industrial farming, vehicles, etc., have hugely outpaced the Earth's usual production.

Wildfire risks - Washington State Department of Ecology

Environmental influences. The risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States is growing because of climate change. Snow is melting earlier in the ...

Yes, Climate Change is Raising the Risks of Extreme Wildfires

A 2016 study of western U.S. forests found that “human-caused climate change caused over half of the documented increases in fuel aridity since ...

"Climate whiplash" helps fuel extreme Western wildfires - Axios

Extreme fire weather conditions, which are becoming more common and severe with climate change, he told Axios, led to fierce fires that can't be ...

Western wildfires are an unprecedented, climate change-fueled event

Studies have documented an increase in acres burned in large fires across the West due to global warming, and projections unanimously show that the region is ...

Wildfires are erasing California's climate gains, research shows

A new analysis finds the wildfires in 2020 alone make up 30 percent of the state's greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate change is fueling California fires, heat and smog

Global warming is also fueling increases in wildfire pollution, a mix of soot particles and gases that can fuel ozone formation and dramatically ...

Focus on Western Wildfires - National Climate Assessment

Climate change is leading to larger and more severe wildfires in the western United States, bringing acute and chronic impacts both near and far from the ...

The Climate Connections of a Record Fire Year in the U.S. West

Another factor driving changes in U.S. Western wildfires is a greater availability of fuel. Drier air stresses vegetation, making forests more ...

Climate Change is Making Wildfires Worse — Here's How

From North Carolina to California, much of the United States is expected to face increased wildfire risk as rising greenhouse gas emissions ...

Wildfire climate connection

Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires ...

Why are California's wildfires getting worse? Experts explain what ...

While contributing factors to the worsening wildfire situation can vary across regions and ecosystems, climate change is an overarching force ...