A new analysis finds that climate change more than doubled the chances of the hot, dry weather that helped fuel the unprecedented wildfire season in eastern Canada
In Quebec alone, more than 52,000 square kilometers has burned so far this year — an area 176 times larger than all of last year.
They also assessed the cumulative effect of the weather conditions from January to July, determining that the duration of those conditions was seven times more likely. Although the analysis did a good job of assessing extreme fire weather, it didn’t capture the breadth of the extreme fire weather affecting the entire country, especially in the arid west, which would show an even stronger connection to climate change, said Mike Flannigan, a professor for wildland fire at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia.
Canada’s fire season began early, after snow melted quickly and the warmest May-June period in more than 80 years combined with sparse rainfall to dry out vegetation and make it more flammable. Windy conditions also drove the wildfires throughout most of the country.
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