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Despite known coastal cooling trend, risk of deadly wildfires in central Chile increasing with changing land management in a warming climate

Extreme wildfires in coastal-central Chile have been fuelled by intense and persistent fire-conducive weather conditions in the region since the beginning of the year favouring the spread of severe fires in Viña del Mar (33°S, 71°W) in early February.

22 February, 2024 | Wildfire | South America

Climate change more than doubled the likelihood of extreme fire weather conditions in Eastern Canada

An aerial photo of wildfires in Quebec, Canada with dense, dark smoke plumes.

During May and June 2023 Canada witnessed exceptionally extreme fire-weather conditions, leading to extensive wildfires that burned over 13 million hectares.

22 August, 2023 | Wildfire | North America

Attribution of the Australian bushfire risk to anthropogenic climate change

Our latest analysis explores the role of human-induced climate change in the southeastern Australian bushfires in 2019–2020.

10 January, 2020 | Wildfire | Australasia

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