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Katharine Hayhoe
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climate scientist and professor, Texas Tech chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy board member, Smithsonian NMNH alum, UofT and UIUC author, Saving Us 🧶📖❄️ are my favorite things TX is where I live and 🇨🇦 is my home Posts 100% my own
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In breaking news which shocks absolutely no one, the rapid response team at World Weather Attribution has determined that climate change made this year’s record breaking Canadian wildfire season seven times more likely and doubled the risk of the most intense wildfires. 🧪

Canadian wildfires fueled by climate change, study shows
Canadian wildfires fueled by climate change, study shows

The record extreme fires in Quebec, Canada this summer were twice as likely to happen and burned more intensely due to human-caused global heating, say researchers.

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Let's face it, most people are not knowledgeable enough to realize or understand these connections. They won't understand why "1 degree" warming would cause bigger fires. Global patterns simply exceed the abilities of many. Even if their own house burns down, they sooner believe a conspiracy theory.

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😢

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But arson? As the cause of every single fire makes so much more sense according to all of the other site

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For those that are interested, here's a link to the paper: spiral.imperial.ac.uk/handle/10044...

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Katharine Hayhoe
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climate scientist and professor, Texas Tech chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy board member, Smithsonian NMNH alum, UofT and UIUC author, Saving Us 🧶📖❄️ are my favorite things TX is where I live and 🇨🇦 is my home Posts 100% my own
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