A new analysis finds that climate change more than doubled the chances of the hot, dry weather that helped fuel the unprecedented wildfire season in eastern Canada.
Though the analysis looked only at a region of Quebec, hot temperatures and drought conditions also were at a record level in the rest of Canada, “and we know that those fire-prone conditions also are increasing in severity, especially out West,” Boulanger said.have burned dozens of structures in a resort area of British Columbia and prompted authorities to evacuate about 20,000 people from Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories.
Peter Reich, a forest ecologist who wasn’t involved in the analysis, said he was glad researchers didn’t try to prove climate change caused the fires, but instead looked at the probability that the conditions that led to this year’s fire season would have occurred with or without climate change. “I’ve never seen such a wide geographical area in Canada on fire at the same time ... and fire season is not over yet,” he said.
In Canada, 5% of the population identifies as Indigenous — First Nation, Métis or Inuit — yet researchers say they wereby wildfires because their communities often are isolated and in some of the most fire-prone areas, like the boreal forest.
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