1 and July 4, compared with roughly 3,800 fires and 31,000 acres during the same time in 2020, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. ‘Until it didn’t.’Ībout 4,600 fires scorched 74,000 acres across the parched state between Jan. ‘This fire stayed very small,’ said Adrienne Freeman, spokeswoman for the Shasta-Trinity National Forest about the Lava fire. “It is among the results of our adding carbon to the atmosphere - results that were predictable, and indeed that have been predicted for decades.”Ĭalifornia Crews tried but couldn’t stop the Lava fire before it became California’s worst of 2021 so far “The exceptional fire weather this year and in recent years does not represent random bad luck,” said Jacob Bendix, a Syracuse University professor who specializes in pyrogeography, or the study of wildfire distribution. One thing everyone agrees on is that climate change is a factor that cannot be ignored. Officials said the increased activity is being driven by hot, dry conditions that have plagued much of the West Coast for weeks, while scientists noted that shifting jet streams and the state’s unique topography are also contributing to the earlier and more frequent conflagrations. The news comes after months of concerning forecasts and warnings about what the 2021 wildfire season may bring. California Dramatic photos capture California’s record-breaking firesĪlready this year, there have been more than twice as many acres burned than during the same period last year - and hundreds more fires.
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