the common thread in california’s wildfires: heat like the state has never seen

climate change

The common thread in California’s wildfires: heat like the state has never seen

Climate change is creating the perfect dry conditions that allow wildfires to ignite and thrive. “This fire vortex, this pretty terrifying tornado-like feature, and I don’t say that lightly… was made possible by the extreme heat produced by this fire,” said UCLA’s Daniel Swain about the Carr Fire in the LA Times.