Expert: climate change expected to bring longer wildfire seasons and more area burned
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By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on July 25, 2021.
Firefighters from Mexico walk across the tarmac after arriving on a charter flight in Abbotsford, B.C, on Saturday, July 24, 2021. Ninety-nine firefighters will assist B.C. as the province deals with hundreds of wildfires burning in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
VANCOUVER – A combination of drought, heat and drier fuels is causing larger areas to be burned in British Columbia, says an expert.
Kira Hoffman, a post-doctoral researcher with University of British Columbia’s faculty of forestry, said climate change is expected to create longer wildfire seasons because of more drought, which leads to drier trees and grasses.
In British Columbia, 257 wildfires are burning
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Climate change expected to bring longer wildfire seasons and more area burned: expert
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