Summer Rainfall Declines ‘Primary Driver’ of Surge in U.S. Wildfires

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By Carbon BriefAug 22, 2018, 9:05 am126 pts
By Daisy Dunne Sharp declines in summer rainfall could be a "primary driver" of the record-breaking wildfires ripping across the western U.S., research shows. Using satellite data, the study finds that there have been "previously unnoted" declines in summer rainfall across close to a third of forests in the…

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