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Rising Global Fire Weather Extremes

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Recent studies consistently show that human-caused warming is increasing extreme fire weather worldwide, making fire-prone conditions more frequent, more synchronized across regions, and harder to manage.

The strongest signal is in attribution research linking hotter, drier, windier conditions to larger burned areas and greater firefighting strain.

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