After a record breaking year for British Columbia’s fire season, with 2,117 blazes consuming more than 12,000 square kilometres of bush, sources from CTV news say a report has been published by scientists with Environment and Climate Change Canada. After steadily increasing fire rates and more communities being evacuated, scientists are claiming that climate control is playing a role. “We are seeing climate change in action,” said wildfire Prof. Mike Flannigan of the University of Alberta. “The Fort McMurray fire was 1 1/2 to six times more likely because of climate change. The 2017 record-breaking B.C. fire season was seven to 11 times more likely because of climate change.” Alberta’s Premier Jason Kenney believes that the fires are not abnormal for their 5-year span fire season. “I accept the science on anthropogenic climate change,” Kenney said during a news conference last month. “But, in this particular instance, I can tell you we are on the five-year average for forest fires in Alberta.” For more details on Alberta’s wildfire crisis, click the link below.
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