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Against expectations, Southwest summers are getting even drier
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Against expectations, Southwest summers are getting even drier

The finding by researchers runs counter to a basic tenet of climate change — that warming increases humidity because hotter air holds more moisture. It’s also bad news for fire seasons.
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As wildfires rage, the 'Pyrocene' Age is upon us

As wildfires rage, the 'Pyrocene' Age is upon us

Fire scholar Stephen J. Pyne proposes a pyrocentric view of the last 10,000 years — and warns that California’s wildfires herald a very combustible future. 
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