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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wildfire-factors-climate-change-1.6939911 “Extended periods of hot weather without much #precipitation causes vegetation to dry out, making it more prone to burst into #flames. Instability in the atmosphere also brings more #lightning, according to the experts interviewed for this story, and lightning has been responsible for more than 70 per cent of this year's fires in B.C. and the vast majority of area burned.” #ClimateChange #BCWildfire
CBCThere are complex reasons for our dire wildfires, but scientists say climate change plays key role | CBC News"It's not one thing that's causing these really bad fire seasons," said Jen Baron, a PhD candidate at UBC's department of forest and conservation sciences. "At a broad scale, it's really the interaction between the climate and the fuels that are driving these changes."