Human-caused climate change to blame for increase in California's wildfires
Monday, June 12, 2023 - 15:57
in Earth & Climate
In the quarter century between 1996 and 2020, wildfires in California consumed five times more area than they did from 1971 to 1995. Researchers at the University of California and other international institutions have concluded that nearly all of the increase in scorched terrain can be blamed on human-caused climate change.