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Why only a few wildfires become extreme
- June 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Hot and dry conditions have become synonymous with the risk of extreme wildfires. But a new paper argues that such conditions are not, by themselves, sufficient for blazes, and most warm years do not result in the burning of exceptionally large areas.
Originally published at Phys.org