Burning up: warmer world means the rise of megafires

Mongabay: Burning up: warmer world means the rise of megafires Megafires are likely both worsened by and contributing to global climate change, according to a new United Nations report. In the tropic, deforestation is playing a major role in creating giant, unprecedented fires. "These extraordinary conflagrations [or 'megafires'] are unprecedented in the modern era for their deep and long-lasting social, economic, and environmental impacts," reads the report, adding that "among all wildfires, mega-fires......

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