Canada's unprecedented wildfires could soon get worse, experts say
The historic wildfire season plaguing Canada is expected to persist in the coming weeks or even worsen, driven by human-caused climate change. The historic wildfire season currently plaguing Canada is expected to persist, perhaps becoming even worse in the coming weeks – a potentially devastating forecast made more likely due to human-caused climate change, according to new research. Drought and hot conditions contributed to an unprecedented start to the fire season in Canada and has kept the fires burning all over the country since late April says Kristina Dahl, senior climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists. By June, the smoke emitted from the wildfires reached the highest amount ever recorded in the country. A person travels in a boat past people walking on the boardwalk as smoke from the McDougall Creek wildfire blankets the area on Okanagan Lake in Kelowna, British Columbia, Aug. 18, 2023. Darryl Dyck/AP The hot and dry conditions are expected to persist in the comi...