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Wildfires and Climate Change

An Australian wildfire has killed at least 135 people, and some experts are blaming global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions for this and other recent blazes. What is the role of climate change in wildfires?

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Wildfires Factor Significantly in Global Carbon Balance

Study results suggest that wildfires can have a huge impact on the amount of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere

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Warming Climate May Increase Western Wildfire Woes

A 2006 study found that large wildfires became four times more frequent after 1987 and burned more than six and a half times as much forest

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Study Unravels Mathematics of Wildfires

They follow the same mathematical laws as other natural events such as earthquakes do

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