Wildfires used to 'go to sleep' at night. Climate change has them burning overtime
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A new study found that North American wildfires are burning longer into the night and starting earlier in the morning due to human-caused climate change. The number of hours with fire-prone weather has increased by 36% over the past 50 years.
North American wildfires are burning overtime due to climate change. A study found that flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning. The number of hours with fire-prone weather has increased by 36% over the past 50 years, with places like California seeing 550 more potential burning hours. The study analyzed nearly 9,000 larger fires from 2017 to 2023 and found that nighttime temperatures are warming faster than daytime temperatures. Fires that burn at night are tougher to fight and can get a running start the next day. The research suggests that the situation is likely to worsen due to Earth's warming atmosphere.
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