Don't know about other states, but in California, the record set in 1980 for acres burned in one year is now the average. The new maximums are nearly triple the old ones.
Wildfires are normal on the West Coast, but it's gotten much more severe, much more quickly than scientists predicted.
Climate Change is no longer an upcoming problem, it is causing catastrophic problems already. This is going to cripple California for the foreseeable future at current levels of warming, let alone impossible to reach goals like 1.5c or 2c.
Don't know about other states, but in California, the record set in 1980 for acres burned in one year is now the average. The new maximums are nearly triple the old ones.
Wildfires are normal on the West Coast, but it's gotten much more severe, much more quickly than scientists predicted.
Climate Change is no longer an upcoming problem, it is causing catastrophic problems already. This is going to cripple California for the foreseeable future at current levels of warming, let alone impossible to reach goals like 1.5c or 2c.