@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
Post #3909134
2026-07-16 17:58 UTC
"The United States is burning faster than usual this year, while massive smoke plumes from Canadian wildfires deplete air quality on both sides of the border. Experts believe the severity of the current fire season, affecting millions of acres of land between both countries, was primed by climate extremes."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-extremes-wildfires-canada-us-west/
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@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social 2026-07-18 11:16
"As the climate warms, fire danger increases, mostly because the atmosphere gets “thirstier” – more water vapor can evaporate into warmer air. This results in more water vapor evaporating from plants, which dries them out and creates an increased risk of large and intense fires that can generate huge smoke plumes." https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/dangerous-and-historic-wildfire-smoke-pollution-event-engulfs-the-u-s-and-canada/