Environment Canada predicts wildfires will become ‘bigger concern’ in coming decades from climate change

In a weather forecast update on Wednesday, Environment Canada meteorologist Steven Flisfeder predicted that Canadian wildfires will be “more probable” in the future due to higher than normal temperatures and the drying nature of climate change. “The likelihood of forest fires becoming a bigger concern in [the] coming decades is something that is consistent with climate change,” Flisfeder warned.