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Pacific Ocean pattern helps explain diverging wildfire trends in US and Australia

Two of the world's most fire-prone regions have followed strikingly different wildfire trajectories despite both experiencing a warming climate. Burned forest area has surged across the U.S. Southwest, while eastern Australia has not seen the same increase.

Pacific Ocean pattern helps explain diverging wildfire trends in US and Australia
Image: Phys.org
Two of the world's most fire-prone regions have followed strikingly different wildfire trajectories despite both experiencing a warming climate. Burned forest area has surged across the U.S. Southwest, while eastern Australia has not seen the same increase.

Originally published at Phys.org

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