Rising Simultaneous Fire Weather Threatens International Firefighting Efforts

A fire scientist at the University of California, Merced who is the co-author of a new study published in the journal Science Advances reported that the number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy - ideal to spark extreme wildfires - has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, with the trend increasing even more in the Americas.

Rising Simultaneous Fire Weather Threatens International Firefighting Efforts

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