Washington warming and wildfires: The science behind the story 1

Washington: Warming and Wildfires from Climate Central on Vimeo.

Wildfires are on the rise in the state of Washington, as they are in much of the American West—and climate change looks at least partly responsible. This Climate Central report explores the web of connections between rising temperatures, melting snows, multiplying beetles and the increase in wildfires.

Jonathan Hiskes is a Grist staff writer. He reports, tweets, eats, asks questions, self-promotes, looks out windows, and wonders if it could be like this.

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  1. Christopher S. Johnson's avatar

    Christopher S. Johnson Posted 1:44 pm
    04 Sep 2009

    PBS Newshour re-broadasted this as well.  Thanks for promoting.

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