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2023-08-27 15:15:04 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BA06B8B3A7A3F8908839EFBB7CFB59BF7824595A9009302B179C8FE8B6871954
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The ignition sources of individual fires do not disprove climate change or its effect on fire severity. Scientists find that climate change has made the 2023 fire season so far ~50% more intense, and made seasons of this severity 7 times more likely to occur. More: https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/handle/10044/1/105981 https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-more-than-doubled-the-likelihood-of-extreme-fire-weather-conditions-in-eastern-canada/ https://www.dw.com/en/canadian-wildfires-fueled-by-climate-change-study-shows/a-66601298 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-what-we-know-about-wildfires-and-climate-change/ https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/07/wildfires-and-climate-change-whats-the-connection/ https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2315/study-fire-seasons-getting-longer-more-frequent/ https://www.edf.org/climate/heres-how-climate-change-affects-wildfires
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