Climate change is increasing the severity and reach of Canadian wildfires, experts say, as smoke hits Chicago again
keeps track of current fires in the country and is updated daily. As of Sunday, nearly 25 million acres of land had burned this year — about 15 times greater than last year’s burned area. This year’s numbers also vastly surpass the 10-year average of 2.9 million acres burned.
In Quebec, one of the hardest-hit provinces this season, 3.7 million acres of land have been burned, according to the. Compared to the historic yearly average of half a million acres burned, this season is “unprecedented,” said Mélanie Morin, spokesperson for the agency. “The trend is that there are fewer fires and that they’re burning bigger and more intensely,” deRoos said.The factors that contribute to wildfire severity boil down to weather conditions and the amount of fuel or burnable material. When it comes to climate change, experts said it’s hard to pinpoint one thing contributing to worsening wildfire seasons.
Large wildfires, like the ones in Canada, need dry fuel. And climate change is exacerbating dry conditions.
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