Climate Change Increases Danger of Landslides in the US
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At least 122 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile. The fires in Chile came amid a heat wave that pushed temperatures in the capital city of Santiago to about 37 degrees Celsius. Extreme heat bakes moisture from wood, turning it into ideal fuel. A Nature study found that fire seasons are an average of 18.7% longer in length due to climate change. The increased number of droughts as global rain cycles are interrupted means whole regions can be left unusually parched and more vulnerable to ignition. Climate change makes stronger El Niños more likely, and droughts caused by it are likelier to be more intense. The World Resources Institute used satellite data to show that wildfires now destroy about 11,500 square miles of forest annually, an area about the size of Belgium and a...
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