Wildfires Linked To Global Warming

An article in the journal Nature suggests that climate warming is party at fault for massive wildfires in the Western U.S.

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November 5, 2004, 7:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

Challenging the conventional wisdom that today's severe wildfires are unnatural and unprecedented, researchers have found that parts of the West experienced destructive blazes during a warm, drought-plagued period in the Middle Ages.The linkage suggests that as the climate warms, damaging wildfires will continue to strike the West.

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: West's Wildfires Linked to Global Warming

Thursday, November 4, 2004 in The Los Angeles Times

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