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Mongabay: Lightning strikes have blatantly ignored the warnings of park service officials in Colorado, setting off the 87,000+ acre High Park fire, the 20,000+ acre fire near Pagosa Springs, and a more recent wildfire just outside Boulder.
Scientists claim the increasing intensity and amount of wildfires in the Southwest is driven by climate change. There are currently 8 major wildfires burning in Colorado, and more than 20 others throughout the Southwest.
Anthropogenic climate change has contributed......
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Drought, high heat and winds fuel massive fires in Colorado
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 28th, 2012
Posted in Water Conservation