Climate change created conditions for Canada fires, scientists say, as Trump blames mismanagement
- A study indicates that human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of conditions that led to Canada's summer wildfires.
- Fire scientists argue that the U.S. should reflect on its historical emissions rather than blaming Canada for fire management.
- The study found that the extreme weather conditions that contributed to the fires were made twice as likely due to global warming.
- While lightning sparked many of the fires, climate conditions allowed them to spread rapidly and intensely.
- Trump has criticized Canada for poor forest management, but scientists emphasize that climate change is a significant factor.
A new study calculates that human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires. Fire and climate scientists said Trump, who has talked about punishing Canada for poor fire management, should look more in the mirror than up north when it comes to blame.
The study by World Weather Attribution indicates that the fire weather conditions in the Northwest Territories and northwestern Ontario were made twice as likely by global warming. The researchers compared current conditions to a world without the 2.5 degrees of warming that has occurred since the industrial age.
While lightning sparked many of the fires, it was the climate conditions that allowed them to burn intensely and spread too fast to control. Scientists emphasize that climate change is a significant factor in these events, rather than just forest management issues.
Trump has criticized Canada for its forest management practices, stating that better management could have prevented the fires. However, scientists argue that the root causes lie in carbon pollution and historical emissions from the U.S.
气候变化导致加拿大火灾条件，科学家表示，特朗普指责管理不善
一项新研究计算出，人为造成的气候变化使导致加拿大大规模夏季火灾的干燥天气条件发生的可能性翻倍。火灾和气候科学家表示，特朗普谈到要惩罚加拿大的森林管理不善时，应该更多地反思自己，而不是指责加拿大。
世界天气归因组织的研究表明，西北地区和西北安大略省的火灾天气条件因全球变暖而使发生的可能性翻倍。研究人员将当前条件与工业时代以来发生的2.5度升温的世界进行了比较。
虽然许多火灾是由闪电引发的，但气候条件使其燃烧剧烈并迅速扩散，难以控制。科学家强调，这些事件的根本原因在于气候变化，而不仅仅是森林管理问题。
特朗普批评加拿大的森林管理做法，表示更好的管理可以防止火灾。然而，科学家们认为，根本原因在于碳污染和美国的历史排放。