Why the American west’s ‘wildfire season’ is a thing of the past – visualized

Wildfire NOTD subscriber LeRoy Westerling, a Professor at the University of California Merced, discussed the connection between a warming climate and worsening wildfires, which has led to a four-month-long fire season, ending in early autumn, now stretching into six to eight months of the year.

Why the American west’s ‘wildfire season’ is a thing of the past – visualized

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