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Wildfires used to 'go to sleep' at night. Climate change is turning them into prime burning hours

  • April 18, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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Wildfires used to 'go to sleep' at night. Climate change is turning them into prime burning hours
Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-caused climate change is extending the hotter and drier conditions that feed fires, a new study found.

Originally published at Phys.org

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