WATCH ABOVE: The wildfires in Southern California are winding down, but there are big fears it’s going to be a really bad fire season. NBC’s Joe Fryer reports.
WASHINGTON – Scientists say the devastating wildfires scorching Southern California offer a glimpse of a warmer and more fiery future.
In the past three months, at least three different studies and reports have warned that wildfires are getting bigger, that man-made climate change is to blame, and it’s only going to get worse with more fires starting earlier in the year.
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An April study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters said the area burned by the West’s largest wildfires have increased by about 87,700 acres (35,500 hectares) a year since 1984. The study’s main author Philip Dennison of the University of Utah said the areas that are burning the most are the driest and climate change is a main factor.
He said as the climate warms, there will be more fires.
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