"The scorching and dry conditions that led to the fires were made about 35% more likely due to human-caused climate change, the researchers concluded. Combined with low rainfall...and dry vegetation to fuel the fires, the risk of fire compounded."
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“Using several methods and lines of evidence, this study confirms that climate change made the catastrophic LA wildfires more likely,” Theo Keeping, wildfire researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires at Imperial College London said, according to a press release.
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